If there’s one thing we’ve learned in recent years, it’s that hurricanes aren’t very predictable, but hurricane prognosticators are.
Year in and year out, the “experts” predict that this will be a major hurricane season. As Reuters reports, his year is no different:
The Atlantic storm season could produce as many as 14 hurricanes this year, the U.S. government’s top climate agency predicted on Thursday, setting the scene for potentially the most intense season since 2005.
In its first forecast for the storm season that begins next Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast 14 to 23 named storms, with 8 to 14 developing into hurricanes, making it one of the most active ever.
Three to 7 of those could be major Category 3 or above hurricanes, with winds of more than 110 miles per hour (177 km per hour), the agency said, echoing earlier predictions from meteorologists for a particularly severe season that could disrupt U.S. oil, gas and refinery operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sooner or later, the “experts” have to be right. But we are issuing our official annual prediction that this won’t be the year.
Source: Reuters
