In the Atlantic clash of the weather titans this hurricane season, scientists still aren’t sure what the rest of the season may hold.
But a mid-season prediction from Colorado State University suggests that we could see even more storms than originally predicted, a growing sign that the boiling hot Atlantic could be a bigger factor in the season than initially expected, one that could potentially top the smothering effects of global weather phenomenon El Niño.
In April, early predictions — including CSU’s — largely called for a below-average season. Colorado State predicted the Atlantic could see 13 named storms, six of which could power up into hurricanes.
