Chinanews, August 7th, a comprehensive report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated in its updated forecast on the 6th that the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will be extremely active, and the number of named storms will be almost two times that of previous years. Times.
On July 26, local time, in Port Mansfield, Texas, USA, after the hurricane, an old couple was investigating the damage to the house.
The agency expects that there will be 19 to 25 named storms during the hurricane season that begins on June 1. Among them, 7 to 11 are expected to become hurricanes, and 3 to 6 of them will develop into category 3 or stronger hurricanes. Generally speaking, the hurricane season produces an average of 12 named storms.
Gerry Bell, chief seasonal hurricane forecaster of the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, said the agency has never predicted as many as 25 storms in a hurricane season.
According to reports, by early August, usually only two named storms have formed, and there are currently nine storms. If a storm system is named, its maximum sustained wind speed must reach 39 miles per hour (about 62 kilometers) or higher. If the 21 storm names selected by the World Meteorological Organization are used up before the end of the hurricane season, it may force meteorologists to use the Greek alphabet to name hurricanes.
Bell added that not all storms will make landfall. He pointed out that other weather patterns will affect the number of hurricanes that make landfall. But Bell and the director of the National Weather Service, Luis Ucellini, said that people near the coast should be aware of the increased risks and be prepared accordingly.
The latest forecast released by Colorado State University on the 5th is similar to the NOAA assessment. Colorado State University predicts that there will be 24 named storms this hurricane season, including 5 hurricanes of category 3 or above.
The report pointed out that the 2020 hurricane season can rival the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season. So far, the two strongest are "Hannah" and "Isaias", which caused severe floods and storms.