(State College) – August usually marks the height of the Atlantic hurricane season, but this year it is turning out to be much weaker than predicted.
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Whether it’s protecting your home and property or making plans for any circumstance, it’s always important to be prepared for whatever is to come.
“Even though [NOAA’s] predicting a “below-normal” season, as far as number of storms and even their intensity – it only takes one, from that 6 to 10 [storms], that hits a populated area and causes a huge amount of damage”, said Leathers. It was previously at a low, 30 percent chance. The storm season will end at November 30th.
Hilda stays a small and compact hurricane with hurricane wins exclusively extending 15 miles from his middle and tropical storm winds extending 70 miles.
El Nino was first officially declared by NOAA as winter wound down.
Simply put, El Niño is the warming of the eastern Pacific ocean waters near the equator (off the western coast of South America).
If development continues, the storm could become the fourth named storm of the 2015 hurricane season. In fact, the peak of hurricane season crests in the second week of September which is quickly approaching.
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Dry air (yellows, oranges, and reds) compared to average over the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico have led to a lull in hurricane development this season so far.
