All tropical cyclones need warm air and water to be sustained. As a tropical cyclone approaches land or experiences cooler temperatures, they will weaken.

Locate the hurricane on the surface weather map. Taking into account ocean currents, which answer best describes how the hurricane might change if it moves northeastward, following the Gulf Stream along the east coast of the United States?

(A) The hurricane may strengthen because it will gain more energy from the warm waters of the Gulf Stream.
(B) The hurricane will weaken because it will make landfall when it nears the Gulf Stream.
(C) The hurricane will strengthen because the Gulf Stream gyre will intensify the cyclonic motion of the hurricane.
(D) There will not be a change in the hurricane because it already has enough energy to sustain itself.
(E) The hurricane will weaken because the Gulf Stream is associated with cool sea surface temperatures.