Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is the ongoing Atlantic hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially began on June 1, and will end on November 30. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most subtropical or tropical cyclogenesis occurs in the Atlantic Ocean.
The start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is just over a week away, and federal forecasters Thursday predicted an "extraordinary" season with as many as 25 named storms possible.
By comparison, 2023’s hurricane activity was about 120 per cent of the average season and ranked fourth in the 70 years of record-keeping for the Atlantic basin, with 20 named storms.
Though it’s looking less likely that 2024 will be one for the record books, experts still expect the season to be busier than normal. The season typically peaks around Sept. 10, but that leaves ...
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 20 named storms forming, [nb 1] tied with 1933. Among them, 7 became hurricanes, with 3 reaching major hurricane strength. [nb 2] The season also had an above‑normal accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 148, despite the presence of the ...
2024 Atlantic hurricane season summary map. Though the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, it got off to the slowest start since 2014. This was due to a large stationary heat dome over Central America and Mexico, as tropical cyclogenesis in June often occurs over the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea. [9]
This year's hurricane season has the potential to rank as one of the most active seasons in history, making it worse than last year's. In the 2023 hurricane season, there was a total of 19 named ...
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is the current cycle of the annual tropical cyclone season in the Atlantic Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially began on June 1, and will end on November 30.