Atlantic hurricane season begins Monday, June 1

Ajouté : 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Today marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season and so far across the Atlantic basin from the Caribbean to the Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean, we are currently quiet with no new tropical systems expected for the next 7 days.

[00:00:12]One of the things we are watching is a massive plume of Saharan dust tracking across the Atlantic and it'll have the chance of reaching as far west as East Texas in the Mississippi River Valley as we head into late this week. Saharan dust one of the things that suppresses tropical activity. Something else is an El Nino weather pattern which we're forecast to develop a strong El Nino by late this summer into early this fall.

[00:00:34]For that reason, major forecasting agencies like CSU and NOAA predicting a below average season. Our first name on the list when we do get our first name storm is Arthur followed by Bertha.