The new tool will let forecasters target potentially life and property threatening downpours street by street, giving people more time to get out of harms way.

The Atlantic basin will see the most named storms since the 2012 season, with five to eight of those strengthening into hurricanes by Nov. 30, NOAA predicts.

Tropical Storm Earl will continue to weaken as it crosses Belize after coming ashore early Thursday with drenching rains and hurricane-strength winds.

Tropical Storm Earl, forecast to grow into a hurricane, may just graze Mexicos oil-rich Bay of Campeche as it heads west toward the Honduras Bay Islands before making landfall in Belize within the next 24 hours.

Some of the most devastating hurricanes have formed in this part of the Atlantic, between the Caribbean Sea and the Cape Verde Islands.

La Nias conditions can decrease wind shear across the tropical Atlantic allowing more hurricanes to form.

Colorado State University edged up its seasonal Atlantic hurricane forecast to 15, three more than in an average year.

Tropical Storm Colin moved out to sea early Tuesday after knocking out power to thousands, prompting Florida Governor Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency.