The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins (today) Wednesday, June 1st.
The season runs from June 1st to November 30th each year.
AccuWeather’s meteorologists forecast another above-normal season in terms of tropical activity in the Atlantic, as well as a higher-than-normal chance that a major hurricane could make landfall in the mainland United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands.
Additionally, 16-20 named storms, six to eight hurricanes and of those hurricanes, about three to five are forecast to reach major hurricane status, “Category 3 or higher with winds exceeding 111 mph.”
The following list of names will be used for this year’s named storms: Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona, Gaston, Hermine, Ian, Julia, Karl, Lisa, Martin, Nicole, Owen, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tobias, Virginie and Walter.
The first organized tropical system of the season could form as soon as Thursday, AccuWeather forecasters said.
Meteorologists said there was now a “high” chance of a depression or tropical storm forming in the warm waters of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to the Florida Peninsula.
Do join us on your radios at 860AM or vonradio.com, for “the Ahead of the Storm” program, for updates pertaining to storm activity, Monday to Saturday, at 6:50am, 11:50am and 5:50pm.
