05/23/2024

NOAA Issues Highest-ever Early Forecast for the Coming Hurricane Season

Forecasters predict an exceptionally busy year for storms

In the highest hurricane season forecast they have ever released in May, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasters said Thursday that the coming months may be exceptionally busy.

"The forecast for named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes is the highest NOAA has ever issued for the May outlook," Rick Spinrad, the agency's administrator, said in a news conference. "This season is looking to be an extraordinary one in a number of ways."

NOAA predicts eight to 13 hurricanes and 17 to 25 named storms. Storms get names when their wind speeds reach 39 mph or higher.

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