Keeping an Eye on the Storm

A wild hurricane season could be ahead this year.

Scott Dennstaedt, Ph.D

Tuesday, July 02, 2024 at 08:51 AM ET

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Edited By: tccjeremy

The Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1 and runs through November 30. [Adobe Stock]

Key Takeaways:

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be highly active due to environmental factors like La Niña and record warm sea temperatures.
Pilots should rely on official guidance from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for tracking storms, understanding the Saffir-Simpson scale, and interpreting forecast cone graphics.
Even dissipating tropical systems and their inland remnants pose significant risks, including severe convective turbulence and tornadoes, regardless of a lack of lightning or benign radar appearance.
It is crucial to strictly avoid a hurricane's northeast quadrant, which experiences the most intense atmospheric shear, highest storm surge, and increased tornado activity.

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Hurricane season is here.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1 and runs through November 30. While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has not released its official forecast for 2024 as of this writing, in an average Atlantic hurricane season the U.S. experiences 14 named storms, seven of which are hurricanes and three are major hurricanes.