ICYMI: @NOAA forecasters predict that an above-normal 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is 85% likely. This is the most confidence forecasters have had in any above-average seasonal outlook. Read more at noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season pic.twitter.com/miwVyoLtFE

Prior warmest May Atlantic Main Development Region (10-20°N, 85-20°W) in the high-resolution SST era (since 1982) was 2010. This animation shows just how much warmer 2024 is than 2010 was at this point. #hurricane pic.twitter.com/kWqGigyTVo

NOAA predicts a well above-average Atlantic #hurricane season in 2024, with 17-25 named storms, 8-13 hurricanes and 4-7 major hurricanes. NOAA is forecasting below-average hurricane activity for both the eastern North Pacific and central North Pacific. www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml pic.twitter.com/PZZ9ZyXOCs

Not only does @NOAA's forecast for this year's Atlantic hurricane season call for well above average activity -- as there is higher than average confidence of an active season, their outlook is higher than almost all of their past years' outlooks issued in May except 2010: pic.twitter.com/3Dx1ONhTBb