Tropical Storm, Atlantic Hurricane Season is Here
NOAA anticipates an above-average Atlantic hurricane season, announced last month, driven by several factors.
Those factors include unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic, the emergence of La Nina conditions in the Pacific (which influence global weather patterns), decreased Atlantic trade winds (blowing from East to West across the Atlantic), and lower wind shear (a change in wind speed or direction over a short distance in the atmosphere). These conditions collectively support the formation of tropical storms.
NOAA, say with 70% confidence, forecast 17-25 named storms and of those 8-13 are predicted to become hurricanes – which is when winds of 74 mph or more occur. They also forecast 4-7 to become major hurricanes (category 3,4,5 – with wind 111 mph or higher).
In fact, one of those forecasted storms recently occurred this past week in parts of South Texas and Northern Mexico. Tropical Storm Alberto caused heavy flooding and power outages to many areas, creating impacts to freight.
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