2013 Atlantic hurricane season yields fewest hurricanes in 30 years
The Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close on Saturday 30 November, in what has been a memorable year, but for the opposite reason to recent years.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close on Saturday 30 November, in what has been a memorable year, but for the opposite reason to recent years.
After a very quiet first half of the Atlantic hurricane season, things are looking more active at the moment, with two tropical storms roaming the Atlantic ocean basin.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on 1 June and has been eerily quiet so far this year, with only seven tropical storms up to yesterday – none of which had gone on to become hurricanes.
Tropical Storm Andrea is currently in the Gulf of Mexico and about to make landfall over Florida, before moving north eastwards across eastern parts of Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday.
In just a few days’ time, the Atlantic hurricane season begins, with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center predicting an active season and an above-average number of storms.