Brace for Active Hurricane Season, NOAA Warns
A highly active hurricane season is on the horizon for the Atlantic states, hurricane experts from the NOAA announced on Thursday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) updated its outlook for the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season on Thursday, increasing its number of expected named storms, such as hurricanes, from its pre-season outlook released in May. Forecasters also predicted that 2011 will be an active Atlantic hurricane season, due to a number of factors cited that include warmer Atlantic Ocean temperatures—the third warmest on record—and the possible redevelopment of La Niña. “The atmosphere and Atlantic Ocean are primed for high hurricane activity during August through October,” Gerry Bell, Ph.D., lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at the Climate Prediction Center said in an announcement posted on the NOAA website. “Storms through October …
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