NOAA predicts 'above-normal' 2024 Atlantic hurricane season

FOR JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM THE OFFICIAL START OF HURRICANE SEASON, AND ANOTHER FORECAST IS PREDICTING AN ACTIVE SEASON. OUR RESIDENT HURRICANE EXPERT FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS BREAKS DOWN THIS NEW FORECAST. YEAH, SURE. SIGN THAT HURRICANE SEASON IS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY. THE UNITED KINGDOM MET OFFICE PUT OUT THEIR ANNUAL FORECAST, AND IT’S LOOKING AT TRENDS OF OCEAN TEMPERATURES AND THE ADJUSTMENT FROM EL NINO LAST YEAR TO LA NINA THIS YEAR. AND THERE’S NO SURPRISE HERE. THEY’RE EXPECTING AN ACTIVE SEASON. TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS UK MET OFFICE CALLING FOR 22 NAMED STORMS 12 HURRICANES, FOUR MAJOR HURRICANES. THEY JOINED THE RANKS OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY AND WESH, CALLING FOR A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS. NOW, THE UK MET OFFICE DOES THEIR FORECAST A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. THEY ACTUALLY RUN IT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODEL ON PLOTS. THE IDEA THERE IS THAT BY RUNNING IT THROUGH DIFFERENT COMPUTER FLAVORS OR SO, THEY CAN GET KIND OF A BROADER STROKE. LOOK AT SEASONAL FORECASTING TOMORROW. SO UP IN WASHINGTON DC, NOAA, THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION PUTS OUT THEIR FORECAST, USUALLY THE LAST ONE BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON. I’D BE WILLING TO BET IT WILL BE AN ACTIVE ONE IN THEIR FORECAST. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL HAVE IT FOR YOU TOMORROW. THAT’S THE LATEST FROM THE WEATHER CENTER ERIC BURRIS WESH TWO NEWS. THE BEST WAY TO BE PREPARED FOR HURRICANE SEASON IS CHECKING OUT THE WESH TWO HURRICANE SURVIVAL GUIDE. JUST HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE WESH.COM TO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY INSIDE YOU’LL FIND ALL THE ADVICE YOU NEED TO GET READY.