Sentences with phrase «above average hurricane»

So people ought to be getting ready with their excuses, and don't forget that both Gray and NOAA were predicting an above average hurricane season too!

But the agency has predicted an above average hurricane season, and that may still hold — most storms form in the second half of the hurricane season, Bell says, which doesn't end until 30 November.

Meteorologists are predicting an above average hurricane season including 3 major hurricanes, USA Today reports.

Not exact matches

And the next hurricane season starts in June, with above - average storm activity.

The errant forecast said 2013 would see above - average activity, with eight hurricanes and three that would develop into major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher on the five - step Saffir - Simpson intensity scale.

However, numbers of hurricanes in the North Atlantic have also been above normal (based on 1981 — 2000 averages) in 9 of the last 11 years, culminating in the record - breaking 2005 season.

The Central Pacific also saw an above - average tropical cyclone season, with 14 named storms, eight hurricanes, and five major hurricanes, the most active season since reliable record - keeping began in 1971.

There are still almost three months to go in the hurricane season, and there have already been an above - average number of named storms.»

I remember headlines many weeks back saying simply we're headed for an above - average number of Atlantic hurricanes, which seems to be the standard, annual forecast.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted an above average season with 12 to 16 storms, 6 to 9 hurricanes, and 2 to 5 major hurricanes on May 22

These events included historic droughts in East Africa, the southern United States and northern Mexico; an above - average tropical cyclone season in the North Atlantic hurricane basin and a below - average season in the eastern North Pacific; and the wettest two - year period (2010 — 2011) on record in Australia.

While the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is recently about 4º F above average, a review of major Gulf hurricanes between 1870 and 2010 by meteorologist Roy Spencer at the University of Alabama in Huntsville revealed that they occurred with equal frequency both when conditions were below and above average.

«These numbers are well above the long - term averages of 4.4 storms and 2.1 hurricanes that would normally have formed by this date.»

Nearly one year after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast, the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season has not produced a single land - falling hurricane in the U.S. Instead of having above - average storm activity, as the seasonal hurricane outlooks unanimously called for, the season has been quiet — notable for its inHurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast, the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season has not produced a single land - falling hurricane in the U.S. Instead of having above - average storm activity, as the seasonal hurricane outlooks unanimously called for, the season has been quiet — notable for its inHurricane Season has not produced a single land - falling hurricane in the U.S. Instead of having above - average storm activity, as the seasonal hurricane outlooks unanimously called for, the season has been quiet — notable for its inhurricane in the U.S. Instead of having above - average storm activity, as the seasonal hurricane outlooks unanimously called for, the season has been quiet — notable for its inhurricane outlooks unanimously called for, the season has been quiet — notable for its inactivity.

During much of last year's hurricane season, sea - surface temperatures across the tropical Atlantic between 10 degrees north and 20 degrees north, which is where many Atlantic hurricanes originate, were a record 0.9 degrees Celsius [1.6 degrees Fahrenheit] above the 1901 - 1970 average.

¶ An above - average storm season, with regard to the probability of major hurricanes striking the mainland, is facing the US this year, a report from meteorologists at Colorado State University says.

Harvey's rapid intensification from a tropical depression to an 85 - mile - per - hour hurricane in less than 24 hours was due to favorable conditions — warm water and low wind shear [29]-- in the Gulf of Mexico, where sea surface temperatures were up to 2.7 - 7.2 °F (1.5 - 4 °C) above the 1961 - 1990 average.

Regarding the referenced North Atlantic 2010 hurricane predictions calling for above average activity, the 2009 North Atlantic ACE Index was 52, less than 1/2 of normal.

The hurricane activity of the 1995 - 2005 period still seems to have been above average, but there also seem to have been similar active periods in the late 19th century and mid-20th century.

Meanwhile in 2012, we've seen record Arctic ice loss, and the U.S. has faced two record heat waves, a record drought, an above - average fire season, and now, an «unprecedented» hurricane.

If the winter averages are above 33 degrees, generally speaking, allowing for minor changes in the climate, we have less glacier and Polar Ice activity and more hurricane activity.

In the end, the four scientists came up with four hurricane estimates — similar only in that they were all above the historic average.

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This forecast is slightly lower than the outlook issued in May, but remains above the seasonal average of 11 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes.

Residents of Caribbean islands and the coastal United States — including those still recovering from last year's storms — may need to brace themselves for another intense hurricane season, as forecasts predict «above average» Atlantic storm activity in 2018.

Specifically, the study found that» [d] uring much of last year's hurricane season, sea - surface temperatures across the tropical Atlantic between 10 and 20 degrees north... were a record 1.7 degrees F above the 1901 - 1970 average,» «global warming explained about 0.8 degrees F of this rise,» while» [a] ftereffects from the 2004 - 05 El Nino accounted for about 0.4 degrees F,» and a natural cycle in sea - surface temperatures «explained less than 0.2 degrees F of the rise.»

NOAA's Atlantic hurricane outlook reflects an expected continuation of above - average activity that began in 1995.

According to James Elsner, a hurricane specialist at Florida State University, there are two key factors pointing to an above - average likelihood that the U.S. will be hit by a hurricane — possibly a major one — this season.

In making their seasonal outlook, which was released on May 23, NOAA cited a broad area of above - average sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Basin, a continuation of a natural cycle of above - average hurricane activity, and a lack of an El Niño event in the Pacific Ocean as reasons why there may be more storms this year.