Experts are warning of more of the same this year. The majority of organizations that have released 2020 seasonal forecasts predict above-average hurricane activity in the Atlantic, as CNNearlier this month. Penn State University, for example, predicts between 15 and 24 named tropical storms, in part due to warmer-than-normal water temperatures in the North Atlantic.
The NOAA is set to announce its outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season on Thursday as much of the nation reels from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The official hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, but it got an early start over the weekend when Tropical Storm Arthur ― the first named storm of the year ―
. The system brushed the North Carolina coast on Monday, delivering heavy rain to parts of the state, before moving back out to sea.
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