"Hinder" storms? CNN seems disappointed-------Hurricane outlook: El Niño could hinder Atlantic storms- CNN.com

Hurricane outlook: El Niño could hinder Atlantic storms - CNN.com
(CNN)This year's Atlantic hurricane season probably will have fewer storms than normal for the third year running -- thanks in part to El Niño, forecasters say.
The Atlantic season, which started Monday, probably will produce six to 11 named storms, forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center said last week.
Three to six of them could become hurricanes, the center predicted.
Both estimates are below the median -- about 12 named storms and 6.5 hurricanes, according to Colorado State University's Tropical Meteorology Project.
What could hold hurricane formation back? 
That would be warm waters in the ocean to the west, said Gerry Bell, NOAA's lead hurricane season forecaster.
The phenomenon known as El Niño is back this year.
The event, involving the warming of water in the equatorial Pacific, increases strong wind shear in the Atlantic.
That reduces the intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes and prevents other systems from becoming powerful enough to be given names..."