Forecasters Issue Warning on ‘Extremely Active’ 2024 Hurricane Season

Published on April 4, 2024

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has been forecast to be “extremely active,” said meteorologists at a prominent university on Thursday. Researchers with Colorado State University (CSU) released its yearly Atlantic hurricane season forecast, calling for 23 named storms, including 12 tropical storms and 11 hurricanes. Of the hurricanes, five are predicted to become “major,” or Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale. “Current El Niño conditions are likely to transition to La Niña conditions this summer/fall, leading to hurricane-favorable wind shear conditions,” the CSU report said, adding that “warmer-than-normal” Atlantic Ocean temperatures will provide a “more conducive dynamic and thermodynamic environment for hurricane formation and intensification.”...

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