This is the time to prepare your house and business for intense rains and wind gusts that accompany tropical storms. The Dominican Republic has mostly seen hurricanes in September, but intense rains can happen any time and cause flooding and affect crops. The hurricane season will soon be here. The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from 1 June to 30 November.
The United States weather service is forecasting an above-normal 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. In its release on 23 May 2024, the forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center of the NOAA National Weather Service predict an 85% chance of an above-normal season.
NOAA is forecasting a range of 17 to 25 total named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). Of those, 8 to 13 are forecast to become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 4 to 7 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). Forecasters have a 70% confidence in these ranges.
The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season is expected to have above-normal activity due to a confluence of factors, including near-record warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean, development of La Nina conditions in the Pacific, reduced Atlantic trade winds and less wind shear, all of which tend to favor tropical storm formation.
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Diario Libre
27 May 2024