Another sign the Atlantic hurricane season, already on a record pace, will become more frenetic when it reaches its peak in a few weeks is all but locked into place across the Pacific.The odds the equatorial Pacific will remain neutral, or even spin up a La Nina, have risen in the last month, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said. In either state, the weather patterns over the Pacific actually decrease hurricane-killing wind shear across the Atlantic, allowing more storms to form and strengthen.“We’re continuing the La Nina Watch this month,” said Michelle L’Heureux, meteorologist with the U.S. Climate Prediction ... (full story)