The latest storm forecast on August 22 by storm expert at the US National Hurricane Center Jack Beven said: "No tropical storms are expected to form in the next 7 days."
However, storm forecasters still believe that this year's Atlantic hurricane season will be very intense. Signs are showing that a wave of storms and tropical depressions are expected to accelerate violently in the coming days.
"Large-scale environmental conditions appear to be more favorable for tropical storm activity in late August," the Colorado State University Storm Forecasting team said in a forecast released this week.
Computer models also predict "several areas with tropical storm potential" in late August and early September, according to Colorado State University's forecast.
AccuWeather forecasters were even more specific in their storm forecast released on August 22. "AccuWeather storm expert Alex DaSilva and AccuWeather's team of meteorologists are forecasting six to 10 named storms from August 27 to September 30," the group stated.
In their seasonal hurricane forecast for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, federal hurricane forecasters predicted an intense hurricane season, with the possibility of as many as 24 named storms, including the five already named storms. formed from the beginning of the storm season until now.
A typical Atlantic hurricane season has 14 named storms, based on weather data from 1991 to 2020.
The 2024 hurricane season could "rank as one of the busiest on record," the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated in a report in early August.
In its latest storm forecast, NOAA slightly reduced the number of named storms but increased the likelihood of a more intense hurricane season than normal to 90%.
So far in the 2024 hurricane season, five named storms have formed in the Atlantic while the average over the same period is four. The US suffered two direct attacks from super storm Beryl and storm No. 4 Debby.
"Superstorm Beryl has broken many long-standing records in the Atlantic basin and we are continuing to see the typical climate signs of an intense hurricane season" - weather forecaster Matthew NOAA's Rosencrans said.
Mr. Matthew Rosencrans explained: "Sea surface temperatures are still unusually high and La Nina is still predicted to appear during hurricane season, so the time to prepare is now."
According to AccuWeather, ocean temperatures are at or near record highs across the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Hot ocean water is the fuel source for tropical storms and hurricanes.
Additionally, the La Nina climate pattern - which tends to promote hurricanes in the Atlantic - is still expected to occur late in the hurricane season, the US Climate Prediction Center noted.
The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is usually on September 10.
