According to US meteorologist William Gray and his team of experts at the University of Colorado, there will be nine named hurricanes during the 2014 hurricane season that could affect the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
The season starts on June 1 and ends November 30.
Tropical cyclones almost always are formed by waves coming off the African coast, which move towards the west and form when the sea temperature is above 26 degrees Celsius. To be named a tropical depression there needs to be a defined circulation and the wind speed should be above 62 kilometers an hour.
A tropical storm is so called with maximum sustained winds between 62 and 118 kilometers an hour and once the wind speed reaches 119 kilometers an hour it is called a hurricane.
According to the expert from Colorado University this year the forecast is for a total of twelve storms of which six will be hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
Experts predict that this will be a quieter season than usual as the Atlantic Ocean is cooler due to the El Nino phenomenon.