Hurricane Season 2019: What to Expect As the Atlantic Storm Season Begins | NBC New York

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a "near-normal" 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, with nine to 15 named storms.

Forecasters said that four to eight of those storms will become hurricanes and two to four of those would become major hurricanes with 111 mph winds or higher.

Acting NOAA administrator Neil Jacobs told reporters at the agency's aircraft operations center in Lakeland, Florida, that the outlook reflects competing climate factors. The ongoing El Niño, a periodic natural warming of the central Pacific that changes weather worldwide, is expected to persist and suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic. But, warmer-than-average sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and an enhanced west African monsoon, both of which favor increased hurricane activity, will counter that, Jacobs said.

Forecasters noted that their outlook does not suggest all of these hurricanes will make landfall.

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[John-ppvr]

Already one major hurricane cat 5 Dorian

[manican]

Weather channel: and here’s the forecast

Us: *trying to determine whether they’re telling the truth or not*

[tinarina]

praying for other people because in Texas imma be good.

*sees red suddenly go over that one part of texas where I live*

darnit

[jayrico]

I live in Florida god please protect us 🙏🏾

[ronaldcalinggangan]

Yesterday there was a thunderstorm and the thunder was so loud

[lazarocruz]

When I heard that they said on midnight I got really like really really scared but I looked at the
Description it was May 31 but then I wasn't scared anymore. Phew!!

[fearnoevil]

I remember when it was called a weather "prediction" bc they were merely predicting the weather. Now that they control most of the weather, its called weather "forecast" because they already know exactly what's going to be happening

[moveforthsuccess]

Hopefully another hurricane doesn’t hit us or anyone else in this season.
(Puerto Rico)

[jerdondrie]

I am most likely not gonna ever be hit by a hurricane because I live in Indiana and I’ve lived 11 years without even seeing damage from a natural disaster

[pugilemoltobene]

The general prediction is that it will be ‘average’...lol, no. This will be the hottest year on record and the tropics will maintain high-80s deg F through October, perhaps even early November. There will be 25+ named storms and AT LEAST 5 cat5s. These are meteorologists, not climatologists. Highly destructive season under way...

[em-edxh]

Why I’m glad I live in California. :-)

[MinerzUnlimited]

America: *exists*
Hurricane: It's free real estate :)

I'm from Hawaii tho

[latentheat]

Devasting hurricanes waiting at your back. 🌀🌪🌫

[voshi]

Oh no I'm from Florida but I'm in europe

[just_joenow]

That's one way to control overpopulation

[Killergrayback]

Mah...too cold. Here in singapore temperature its like 32c/89.6f

[Sebventures_gaming]

thanck you for teling us wene we are gona get hit

[Holylunaa]

1:34 Dorians wave on the african coast down by the side

[Wtf.liaa_]

Yea I was coughing like crazy that smoke hit us! Ah

[AllDimensionEclipses]

I honestly dont know when our forest fires will stop. Im sorry. I'm just glad I live in east Canada and not in the west. Its really bad in the west right now.