New storm forecast means increased hurricane risk this season in Atlantic Canada
Chris Fogarty, who heads the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., said the primary reason for the new estimate this week from forecasters in the United States is higher than normal ocean temperatures, which help fuel hurricanes.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that rising ocean temperatures and the slow arrival of the calming effects of El Nino have doubled the chances of an above-normal hurricane season. “If we get any storms moving up into our region, they may maintain their intensity longer than they would normally due to the warmer ocean temperatures,” Fogarty said.U.S. forecasters say there could be 14 to 21 named storms - an increase from the 12 to 17 predicted in May - and they say between six and 11 of them will become hurricanes. Seven hurricanes is considered normal.
“Over the next week as we approach mid-August there's really nothing going on in the Atlantic, but all we need is for storms to form over those warm waters and they'll probably accelerate pretty quickly, given the conditions,” Fogarty said.
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