Colorado State University (CSU) News

Weather Forecasters Predict ‘Extremely Active’ 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Weather forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU) on Thursday predicted an “extremely active” 2024 Atlantic hurricane season because of warm sea surface temperatures and less wind shear to break up storms in the summer and fall. The widely watched CSU …

Forecasters Stress Uncertainty in Latest Hurricane Forecast

Forecasters from Colorado State University (CSU) stressed uncertainty in their latest outlook on Thursday for the current Atlantic hurricane season, even as they held steady the number of storms expected. This year’s hurricane season, which began on June 1, is …

CSU: Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Now Expected

Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers have upped their hurricane season forecast. An above average Atlantic hurricane season is now expected for 2023, though there is a greater level of uncertainty than normal. The CSU team now predicts 18 named …

CSU Research Team Forecasts Slightly Below Average 2023 Hurricane Season

The hurricane research team at Colorado State University in its early forecast of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is predicting slightly below-average activity. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team is predicting 13 named storms during the June 1 to November …

Hurricane Alley Hasn’t Been This Quiet in a Quarter Century

The Atlantic crucible of hurricanes hasn’t had a storm all month and if the calm holds it will stand as the quietest August in 25 years. The expanse of ocean between Africa and the Caribbean Sea has only had two …

CSU Team Slightly Lowers Forecast for Still Above-Average Hurricane Season

The hurricane research team at Colorado State University has slightly lowered its outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season but is still calling for above-average action. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team is now predicting 18 named storms in 2022, including …

Atlantic Coast Should Expect Normal Hurricane Season, Says Colorado State

The Atlantic should produce a near-normal 12 storms during the six-month hurricane season that officially begins Wednesday, while the U.S. coastline has a below-average chance of being struck by a major system, according to Colorado State University’s forecast. Of the …

Pacific Ocean Is Key to Atlantic Hurricane Season

The Pacific Ocean holds one of the keys that forecasters say will determine how many hurricanes and tropical storms develop in the Atlantic this year. The size of the six-month storm season, which started June 1, may depend on a …

Colorado State Running Out of Money for Hurricane Forecasting

Colorado State University, which pioneered seasonal hurricane forecasting 30 years ago, may have issued its last prediction. The school’s Tropical Meteorological Project needs $150,000 or it will end in February, said Phil Klotzbach, lead author of the forecast. William Gray, …

Collected Forecasts for 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The U.S. government climate agency on Thursday slightly lowered its forecast for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, but said it still expected “above normal” storm activity this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted the six-month season, which began …