2014 Atlantic tropical storm season

This year the hurricane alerts and forecasts sent out by the U.S. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) will for the first time include storm surge maps to show the potential for hurricane induced surge to cause flooding on the U.S. coastline.

The highly respected tropical cyclone forecast team from Colorado State University, Klotzbach & Gray, has forecast a below-average number of tropical cyclones and hurricanes for the 2014 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season.

Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has published an updated and lowered quantitative forecast for the 2014 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season citing the likely development of moderate El Niño (ENSO) conditions.

ImpactWeather has released its first 2014 Atlantic hurricane season forecast today and says that it expects the development of an El Niño by July or August to produce a less active hurricane season, with a below average number of storms forming.

The first quantitative forecast for the 2014 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season has been published by Tropical Storm Risk (TSR). The early forecast calls for Atlantic hurricane season activity to be near-normal during 2014.