Caribbean be warned: El Niño looking more likely
Geneva, 3 May 2023 (WMO) From The University of the West Indies The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. Saturday, May 20, 2023 — A joint media release by The UWI Global Institute for Climate Smart and Resilient Development (The UWI…
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A rare hurricane-free August? That’s what it’s looking like
By Chad Gillis, Fort Myers News-Press The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting 10 to 16 named storms this year. Megan Kearney – Wochit El Niño…
Big drop in CSU’s Atlantic Hurricane Outlook; Quiet Atlantic, active Pacific [Invest 95 in Atlantic]
By Dr. Jeff Masters From Wunderground Chiller-than-usual waters in the eastern North Atlantic have prodded the forecast group based at Colorado State University to reduce the amount of tropical cyclone activity they project for 2018 from the values predicted only…
Final 2017 Atlantic hurricane forecast update: more active season predicted
By Jon Erdman and Linda Lam and Chris Dolce From weather.com Story Highlights Colorado State University has slightly increased its forecast to 16 named storms, eight hurricanes and three major hurricanes this season. Warm water temperatures and vanishing El Niño…
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Hurricane season may be more active than first thought
By Pierce Legeion From WCNT9 GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – The tropics are quiet right now, but we have a long way to go before hurricane season is over. And it’s a season that may be more active than initially thought. NOAA’s…
2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast calls for less activity than 2016
By Jon Erdman From Weather Underground The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season forecast released Thursday from Colorado State University calls for the number of named storms and hurricanes to be slightly below historical averages. A total of 11 named storms, four…
Most active Atlantic hurricane season since 2012 could yield additional storms through November
By Jordan Root, Meteorologist From AccuWeather The 2016 hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin is the most active since 2012, and with around six weeks remaining in the season, additional storms may be added to the tally. With the formation…
Why the western Caribbean Sea has been virtually hurricane-free since 2013
By Jon Erdman From The Weather Channel A region known for intense hurricanes has struggled to produce the past few years. El Niño, wind shear and dry air have all worked against Caribbean Sea tropical cyclones recently. The western Caribbean…
June does it again: Global temperature sets 14th consecutive monthly record
By Jeff Masters and Bob Henson From Weather Underground Even with the intense 2015 – 2016 El Niño event out of the picture, June 2016 was still the planet’s warmest June since record keeping began in 1880, said NOAA’s National…
Bizarre US Dec weather
11 photos that show how incredibly bizarre the weather in the US was last December (2015) By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider The US has certainly had its share of wacky December weather last year. With people on the East Coast basking in…
