La Nina, the cooler and at times costlier flip side of El Nino, has arrived to warp weather worldwide, meteorologists said Thursday. This natural weather phenomenon often turbocharges the Atlantic hurricane season,

Michael Lowry, a Miami-based hurricane specialist, said La Niña tends to bring its greatest impacts to the western half of the Atlantic, including the Gulf and Caribbean Sea. He said those regions are already seeing the lessened wind shear and other conditions characteristic of La Niña.

After a brief respite, the Atlantic is about to heat back up, with a new tropical storm expected to form soon. Meanwhile, the Eastern Pacific is still active, and may see its seventeenth storm form later this week.

Tropical Storm Raymond was announced midday Thursday by the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, making it the third system now off the western coast of Mexico. Post-tropical cyclone Octave was also off Mexico's Pacific coast, but weakening.

As of Oct. 4, at least nine homes along the beaches of the Outer Banks in Buxton, North Carolina have been taken down by Hurricane Imelda and Hurricane Humberto's swells, but neither storm made landfall on the East Coast.

Although Tropical Storm Jerry is struggling as it continues to spin across the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says it still remains on track to strengthen into a hurricane in the coming days.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Jerry has strengthened in the Atlantic Ocean on a path toward the Caribbean.

Two Atlantic storms performed the rare Fujiwhara effect, with Hurricane Humberto pulling Hurricane Imelda off its original track.

Forecasters are tracking future Tropical Storm Jerry and another tropical disturbance in the Atlantic, including one with a slight chance of impacting Florida.