Posted on 04/05/2024 6:34:33 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CNN - The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season isn’t here yet, but is already shaping up to be one for the books, with more hurricanes and named storms predicted in a pre-season forecast from Colorado State University than ever before.
This June through November could see 23 named storms in all, including 11 hurricanes and five Category 3 or higher “major” hurricanes, according to the university’s Atlantic hurricane season forecast, released Thursday.
“This is the most active April forecast that we have ever issued,” lead forecaster Phil Klotzbach told CNN. “Our prior highest hurricane forecast in April was 9 hurricanes, which we have called for several times” since the forecasts began in 1995.
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More 'canes, More 'nadoes?
I never believed a word about such predictions since.
Wow? If you think that their prediction for 2024 is scary look, at the hurricanes that they are predicting in 2025 and beyond, especially the year 2035 which is supposed to be the worst of all!
I happened to be living in Palm Beach County in 2005 when the
‘named storms’ went right through the alphabet and started again
on the letters of the Greek alphabet. Of that mix, Hurricane
Wilma was instantly memorable.
Climate change and Trump’s fault!
Very good points +1 insightful
But there might be an valid tendency in the direction of increased activity this year.
Although the regression models will tend to correct those accumulated errors over time.
Lather, Rinse, Repeat
It did in 2005. That was the year of I Katrina. There were so many storms that they ran out of alphabetical names and resorted to using the Greek alphabet.
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