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FORECASTERS REITERATE ABOVE-NORMAL ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON
As the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches,
NOAA forecasters said they still predict an above-normal Atlantic
hurricane season, and now call for a total of between 12-15
tropical storms, with 7-9 becoming hurricanes, and 3 or 4 becoming
major hurricanes (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale: Category 3
or higher). The update is consistent with the ranges stated
in the May outlook, which called for 11-15 tropical storms,
6-9 hurricanes and 2-4 major hurricanes. Since May, NOAA scientists
have observed atmospheric conditions becoming increasingly favorable
for an above-normal hurricane season. These favorable conditions,
combined with the active phase of the Atlantic multi-decadal
signal, indicate an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season is
likely.
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LA NIÑA BRINGS CHALLENGE TO FORECASTERS
— Current atmospheric and ocean conditions do not support
the development of either La Niña or El Niño in
the next few months, according to NOAA scientists. The agency’s
Climate Prediction Center released its latest El Niño/Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Discussion. |
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STORMS SET RAINFALL RECORDS IN SOUTHEAST U.S. — While
residents of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi are certainly
no strangers to torrential rains and floods that can occur anytime
of the year, their patience has been sorely tested with the
record rainfall and flooding that has made this one of the wettest
May-July periods in history, according to the NOAA National
Weather Service Southern Region. |
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PLAINS STORM PRODUCED LARGEST HAILSTONE IN U.S. HISTORY
— A raging thunderstorm that pounded south-central Nebraska
last month ended up leaving a little something extra for residents—and
the meteorological record books. The largest hailstone ever
recovered in the United States fell in Aurora on June 22, with
a record 7-inch diameter and a circumference of 18.75 inches. |
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