The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be more active than usual, according to the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.
The NOAA outlook calls for 13 to 19 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes – one that is Category 3 or higher (115-plus-mph winds) on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
This forecast is above the 30-year (1981-2010) average of 13 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
NOAA’s outlook is in agreement with that released in April by The Weather Company, an IBM Business, which calls for 18 named storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes.