Read our Privacy noticeThe remaining months of the Atlantic hurricane season could be relatively quiet, a new federal prediction shows - but not everywhere is as lucky. “When El Niño emerges, it usually becomes the dominant factor in total hurricane season activity, and this El Niño continues to get stronger every month,” Matt Rosencrans, lead hurricane season forecaster with NOAA’s National Weather Service, explained in a statement. That’s why the outlook for the Eastern Pacific hurricane season is unchanged, with 15-22 named storms and the Central Pacific basin could see between 5-13 named storms. So far, there have been seven named storms in the Eastern Pacific, including two that became hurricanes named Fausto and Genevieve. But there’s still plenty of time until the end of the hurricane season on November 30.