The Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science projected an increase in the numbers of hurricanes predicted from five to six and an increase in the number of named storms, including tropical storms from 13 to 14.
Despite this prediction, the CSU made clear in an article published in The Florida Today, that although seasons could be more quite, with a small number of hurricanes, they can still have just one major storm that causes enough damage for all of the rest. “You can certainly find plenty of examples of fairly quiet seasons that had very significant impacts. Most notably for Florida, that would be 1992 where CSU had a perfect forecast of one major hurricane, and there was one — it was Hurricane Andrew,” CSU meteorologist, Phil Klozbach said.
The article also addressed other meteorological factors that could interfere with this year’s season like El Niño. Read the full article to find out more about this year’s predictions: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2019/06/04/forecasters-slightly-boost-projected-number-storms-atlantic-hurricane-season/1337326001/
