2024 Hurricane Season - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/2024-hurricane-season/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 01 Dec 2024 17:14:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 2024 Hurricane Season - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/2024-hurricane-season/ 32 32 103504436 Looking Back at the 2024 Hurricane Season https://houstonnewmedia.org/looking-back-at-the-2024-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=looking-back-at-the-2024-hurricane-season Sun, 01 Dec 2024 17:14:49 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=48068 12/1/24 – The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season ended yesterday. The season predicted to be “extreme” turned out to be “above average,” according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The Atlantic basin, which includes the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, saw 18 named storms in 2024. Of the 18, 11 became hurricanes and five became major […]

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]]> 855459 It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over https://houstonnewmedia.org/it-aint-over-till-its-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-aint-over-till-its-over Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:58:25 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=47437 10/14/24 – Looking at the National Hurricane Center’s afternoon update, Yogi Berra’s famous quote comes to mind – “It ain’t over till it’s over.” Of course, Yogi was speaking of baseball and I’m speaking of the 2024 hurricane season. NHC posted a new 7-day outlook at 1:28 this afternoon showing two areas of concern. One […]

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]]> 832196 2024 Hurricane Season YTD vs Average, Projections https://houstonnewmedia.org/2024-hurricane-season-ytd-vs-average-projections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2024-hurricane-season-ytd-vs-average-projections Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:27:03 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=47233 9/30/2024 – Most forecasters predicted the 2024 hurricane season would be a monster, based on high sea-surface temperatures, Accumulated Cyclone Energy and a developing La Niña. But so far, judging by the numbers, the season has been close to average. I compiled the tables below through data on the National Hurricane Center archives and news […]

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]]> 825939 Third Named Storm Puts 2024 Hurricane Season a Month Ahead https://houstonnewmedia.org/third-named-storm-puts-2024-hurricane-season-a-month-ahead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=third-named-storm-puts-2024-hurricane-season-a-month-ahead Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:15:55 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=45899 7/1/24. – Last night, Tropical Storm Chris became the third named storm of the 2024 hurricane season. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the third named storm usually doesn’t happen until August. That puts the current hurricane season well ahead of the 30-year average for the Atlantic Basin. Climatology Data from NHC Data from […]

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]]> 788779 Forecasters Predict Very Active 2024 Hurricane Season in Gulf https://houstonnewmedia.org/forecasters-predict-very-active-2024-hurricane-season-in-gulf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forecasters-predict-very-active-2024-hurricane-season-in-gulf Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:17:01 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=44003 In January, I published a post about a British firm, TropicalStormRisk.com, that predicted an extreme 2024 hurricane season. It’s still early in the year, so any forecasts have a higher-than-normal degree of uncertainty. However, more and more forecasters and model runs are pointing to the alignment of several factors that increase hurricane/tropical activity. They include […]

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]]> 735808 Extreme 2024 Hurricane Season Predicted https://houstonnewmedia.org/extreme-2024-hurricane-season-predicted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=extreme-2024-hurricane-season-predicted Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:28:58 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=43160 A British website, TropicalStormRisk.com, which has won insurance industry awards for its accuracy, predicts that North Atlantic hurricane activity in 2024 will be more than 50% above the long-term average and 30% above the average for the last three decades. The website claims it has the best performing statistical seasonal forecast model at all lead […]

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