While seasonal hurricane forecasts are skillful, they are also far from perfect. This is a look at Hurricane Florence in 2018 as viewed from International Space Station. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Wikipedia Commons)
Seasonal predictions for the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season indicate it could be one of the most active hurricane seasons on record. Colorado State University, a leading hurricane season forecaster, has raised their latest forecast, issued in July, to 25 named storms. If this forecast proves accurate, this would put the 2024 hurricane season in rare company, with only the 2005 and 2020 seasons recording 25 or more named storms.
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