HURRICANE SEASON & INFORMATION
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones
2024 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON FORECAST
NOAA released its 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecast. It calls for 17-25 named storms, 8-13 hurricanes and 4-7 major hurricanes. There’s an 85% chance of an above-average season and only a 5% chance it ends up below normal. This is their most aggressive forecast on record.
It should be quiet through the end of May. The season begins on June 1st. We are looking towards the first 2 weeks in June for potential development in the western Caribbean Sea.
August through October is the peak of the hurricane season in Florida when most activity is seen and when 96 percent of the major hurricane days occur, according to NOAA. However, mid-September is generally more active in regard to tropical storms.
2024 CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON FORCAST
NOAA predicts a below-normal 2024 Central Pacific Hurricane Season. Overall, there is a 50% chance of below-normal tropical cyclone activity. The outlook also indicates a 30% chance of a near-normal season and 20% for an above-normal hurricane season across the central Pacific hurricane region
HURRICANES, TYPHOONS & TROPICAL CYCLONES
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones are essentially the same weather phenomenon. They are all large tropical storm systems that revolve around an area of low pressure and produce heavy rain and wind speeds exceeding 74 mph (119 kph). The difference in their names is purely geographic.
Called 'Hurricanes' when they develop over the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific, these rotating storms are known as 'Cyclones' when they form over the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, and 'Typhoons' when they develop in the Northwest Pacific.
