Delaware Public Media’s Eli Chen and state climatologist Dan Leathers explain the latest NOAA report about the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season. That’s why it always good to be prepared.
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Though this year is targeted to have few named storms, it just takes one to cause massive devastation. It was previously at a low, 30 percent chance.
– Three to six of which would become hurricanes.
Hilda stays a small and compact hurricane with hurricane wins exclusively extending 15 miles from his middle and tropical storm winds extending 70 miles.
The Atlantic tropical season thus far has been fairly calm, with only three named storms thus far.
Current model data is showing the progression of this storm towards the west and eventually the west-north-west approaching the Lesser Antilles by the end of the week.
– Warming in the central equatorial Pacific: higher number of Atlantic tropical cyclones. Claudette formed off the coast of Virginia last month.
All other factors – such as the amount of wind shear and dry air aloft – being equal, warmer waters offer more heat to fuel the tropical storm potential.
“It really disrupts those thunderstorms and doesn’t allow those hurricanes to come together and develop further”, said Leathers.
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“A below-normal season doesn’t mean we’re off the hook”. In fact, the peak of hurricane season crests in the second week of September which is quickly approaching.
