Forcasters in May figured the 2012 hurricane season would be average.
With October winding down, the 2012 hurricane season is shaping up to be one of the busiest on record!
Only seven other ‘seasons’ since 1851 have been this busy. Three of those were in the last ten years.
Lead ‘hurricane season’ forecaster Gerry Bell, with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, states that it is unusual to have more storms than forecasted.
Bell blames the underestimate on El Nino in a statement to OurAmazingPlanet. However there has been no El Nino.
Phil Klotzbach, a Colorado State University hurricane expert says it is a very unusual ‘hurricane season’.