NOAA's 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast predicts above-normal number of storms
Ten days before start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced their forecast for how many tropical storms and hurricanes to expect this year. The current outlook predicts a 60% chance of an "above-normal" hurricane season, with between 13 to 19 named storms. Six to 10 of those are expected to strengthen into hurricanes, and three to five could become major hurricanes, forecasters said.
They estimated there's a 30% chance of a "near-normal" season and a 10% chance of a "below-normal" season.
NOAA, the federal agency in charge of weather and climate predictions, releases its seasonal hurricane outlook each spring. It incorporates research from the Climate Prediction Center, the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service, all branches of the agency.
Acting NOAA administrator Laura Grimm and National Weather Service director Ken Graham presented the findings during a news conference Thursday morning at the Jefferson Parish Emergency Operations Center in Gretna, Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans. They chose that location to commemorate the victims and destruction of Hurricane Katrina, 20 years after that storm devastated the area.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noaa-hurricane-season-forecast-2025/
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Nothing is said in the article, but given the cuts at NOAA, I wonder if these predictions will disappear in the future.
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Should be great and work out just fine. 