Forecasters at Colorado State University for a second time raised their estimate for tropical storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, citing record warm sea surface temperatures.
to a near-normal season and number of storms. On Thursday, it boosted its forecast to 18 named storms, producing nine hurricanes, four of which could become major storms with winds of at least 111 miles per hour .
"The high chance of a robust El Nino is why CSU's hurricane forecast is not for every more activity," wrote CSU researcher Phil Klotzbach. June average sea surface temperatures across the north Atlantic were 0.91 degrees Celsius higher than the average for 1991-2020, and
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