NOAA Forecasts Busy Hurricane Season for AtlanticAndrea ThompsonClimate Central
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This comes after NOAA's Climate Prediction Center released itsoutlook for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane seasonon Thursday. Forecasters said there's a 40% chance of a near-average season, a 30% chance of an above-average season and a 30% chance of a below-average season. WHAT’S THE DIFFERE...
Despite these predictions, meteorologists warn that preparation for the hurricane season is crucial, as it only takes one hurricane to cause significant damage. In response to NOAA's forecasts,Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkasurged communities to take steps to prepare for the hurricane seaso...
Hurricane Dora is seen in the Pacific Ocean in this satellite image taken Aug. 10, 2023. (NOAA) 2024 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON GUIDE: HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS YEAR’S STORMS "As we look towards our coming hurricane season, we must prepare with the real possibility in mind that a...
The 2020 hurricane season was the most active on record and produced 30 named tropical storms. Matthew Rosencrans, head of forecasting for the U.S. National Weather Service, said climate change affects storm intensity. “Climate change has not been linked to the frequency of storms but is has...
A backup will be deployed but it remains to be seen whether the U.S. government agency will be able to adequately track the big tropical cyclones
This forecast is in line withother seasonal forecasting groupswhich have also warned of an usually active 2020 hurricane season. NOAA says that a combination of several climate factors is driving the strong likelihood for above-normal activity in the Atlantic this year. The factors considered include...
The Atlantichurricaneseason will see a 'near-normal or below-normal' number of storms in 2014, NOAA officials said on Thursday as they presented their prediction for the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Between eight and 13 named tropical storms were forecast, and of those three to six should...
‘left’ side, the winds are usually weaker, but the wind and the waves are going in the opposite direction, and we really want to understand that better,” said Foltz. In 2023, multiple Saildrone Explorers intercepted Hurricane Lee, but the intercepts were at least a day apart, so the ...