NOAA forecasts below-average hurricane season but stresses preparation

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:01]WEST PALM BEACH.

[00:00:03]CALEB CALIFANO, WPBF 25 NEWS.

[00:00:05]WE ARE GETTING YOU HURRICANE READY.

[00:00:07]WE ARE TEN DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON.

[00:00:11]NOAH RELEASING A CRITICAL UPDATE TODAY WITH THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS YEAR’S STORM SEASON.

[00:00:15]CHIEF CERTIFIED METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MARTINEZ IS IN LAKELAND WITH MORE ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

[00:00:20]NOAH JUST RELEASING THEIR HURRICANE SEASON OUTLOOK AND YES, CALLING FOR A BELOW AVERAGE SEASON.

[00:00:26]BUT WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE STILL NEED TO PREPARE?

[00:00:30]RIGHT NOW, NOAA IS CALLING FOR 8 TO 14 NAMED STORMS.

[00:00:34]3 TO 6 COULD BE HURRICANES.

[00:00:36]AND OUT OF THOSE, 1 TO 3 COULD BE MAJOR HURRICANES.

[00:00:39]BUT DON’T LET THE LOWER NUMBERS FOOL YOU THOUGH.

[00:00:41]YOU STILL NEED TO PREPARE.

[00:00:42]YEAH, JUST YOU’RE HEARING WORDS LIKE BELOW AVERAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

[00:00:45]NONE OF IT MATTERS.

[00:00:46]IT JUST TAKES ONE STORM TO RUIN YOUR DAY TO BE A BUSY SEASON FOR YOU.

[00:00:50]AND I’VE SEEN IT OVER AND OVER THROUGH THE DECADES.

[00:00:52]YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE BELOW AVERAGE.

[00:00:55]YOU CAN SEE A FEW STORMS, BUT IF THEY HIT YOU LIKE AN ANDREW OR YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE STORMS IN THE PAST, LIKE BETSY IN LOUISIANA, THEY WERE VERY LOW KEY SEASONS.

[00:01:04]HOWEVER, YOU GOT THAT BIG STORM, SO YOU GOT TO BE PREPARED.

[00:01:07]NONE OF THOSE WORDS MATTER LIKE BELOW AVERAGE.

[00:01:09]BE PREPARED AS IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE HIT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

[00:01:11]AND WHETHER YOU ARE NEW TO THE AREA OR JUST MAYBE COMPLACENT, YOU NEED TO TRUST WHERE YOUR INFORMATION IS COMING FROM.

[00:01:17]I SAY THE FIRST THING IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE TO GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM.

[00:01:22]IT STARTS WITH THE LOCAL LOCAL NEWS FOLKS LIKE YOURSELF THAT ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THEIR AREA, BEING CONNECTED TO THE STATE AND THEIR RESOURCES.

[00:01:32]FLORIDA HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON STORM PREPAREDNESS AND ACTIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE STORM.

[00:01:37]SO THOSE ARE THE PLACES THAT I