Category 3 or higher) with winds of at least 111 mph."We have increased our forecast and now call for a near-average Atlantic basin hurricane season in 2023," the university said. "While we anticipate a robust El Nino for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the tropical and subtropical Atlantic have continued to anomalously warm to near-record levels." Hurricane experts at CSU said the probability of U.S.
major hurricane landfall is estimated to be near the long-period average. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE?The updated CSU Atlantic hurricane season outlook released Thursday calls for 15 named storms, an increase of two from its initial outlook released in April. (FOX Weather) FOX Weather's Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross warned back in April that those within hurricane zones should always be prepared no matter what's forecast. "Seasonal forecasts issued in April are iffy because the future state of El Niño is always uncertain.
It slowly becomes clearer closer to summer," he said. "And this year, the forecast is even less certain than normal because a strong, hurricane-limiting El Niño is just one of a range of possibilities, which include a fairly busy season," Norcross said.