An 'extremely active' hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn

An "extremely active" Atlantic hurricane season is likely this year, a key preseason forecast warns, with chances for long-lived and intense storms fueled by record ocean warmth and atmospheric patterns known for boosting tropical cyclones.

Hurricane researchers from Colorado State University are predicting that nearly two dozen named tropical storms will form, including 11 hurricanes, during the season that officially begins June 1. Accumulated cyclone energy, a measure that accounts for storms' frequency and longevity, could rise nearly twice as high as normal, to a forecast 170 percent of average by the season's end Nov. 30.

The forecast released Thursday is the latest indication that a surge in global heat over the past year, far beyond the gradual warming observed across recent decades, could translate to greater extreme weather risks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/04/04/atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast/