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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 …

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 …

Month-Long Halt in Hurricanes Thanks to Dry Air and Atmospheric Lull

This year’s hurricane season started out as one of the most prolific in the modern era. Then suddenly, in October, the storms stopped. As of Friday, the Atlantic hasn’t produced a single new tropical storm in a month. Such a …

Researchers Predict Above-Average Hurricane Season This Year

Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a primary factor. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team is predicting 17 named storms during the Atlantic hurricane …

Why Damage from Hurricanes Keeps Rising

A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which menaced the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural …

Forecaster Sees ‘Greater Than Average’ Hurricane Season This Year

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season could see a greater than average number of major hurricanes because of warmer seas and favorable weather patterns, forecasters from Colorado State University’s Tropical Meteorology Project said on Thursday. Four major hurricanes packing winds of …

Here’s the ‘Unlucky 13’ Forecast for the 2019 Hurricane Season

There’s a lot of reasons people think 13 is an unlucky number. This year may add another. At least 13 storm systems should reach tropical strength and get a name in 2019, with five becoming hurricanes and two spawning winds …

For First Time, 5 Named Storms Could Crowd Atlantic Ocean

For tropical storms, two’s company, three’s a crowd and five is, well, unprecedented. Maybe not for long. Weather forecasters are watching a disturbance in the western Gulf of Mexico that has a 50 percent chance of becoming Tropical Storm Kirk …

This Just In: Early Forecasts for 2018 Hurricane Season

An early forecast for the 2018 hurricane season calls for a slightly above-average season with 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes. Dr. Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University (CSU), a non-resident scholar for the Insurance Information Institute …

Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Calls for More Storms as El Nino Fades

Researchers again boosted the number of storms the Atlantic may produce before the hurricane season ends as a missing Pacific El Nino and warm waters present favorable storm conditions. As many as 16 named storms may form in the Atlantic …