Today is the first day of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season. June 1st is the start of the Atlantic one, however the national hurricane center begins to issue advisories for

The Atlantic names this year are with Leah replacing 2020's Laura.

This year we've fixed up a lot of formerly broken things, and working to recover more. The Hurricane Radar on the left is a fully custom set of radars for this site mimicking the old South Florida Water Management style, static, loops, and interactive map radar. Maps and Coordinates and Image Recordings have been improved, as well as the posts and replies, being easier (copy and paste) to bring in maps and images into the forum replies. The server has been moved and updated to be more modern as well.

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Tropical Weather Outlook

 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

 800 AM EDT Fri May 15 2026



 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:



 Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.



 Today, May 15, marks the first day of the routine issuance of the

 Atlantic basin Tropical Weather Outlook in 2026. This product

 describes significant areas of disturbed weather and their

 potential for tropical cyclone formation during the next seven

 days. The Tropical Weather Outlook is issued from May 15 through

 November 30 each year. The issuance times of this product are 2 AM,

 8 AM, 2 PM, and 8 PM EDT. After the change to standard time in

 November, the issuance times are 1 AM, 7 AM, 1 PM, and 7 PM EST.



 A Special Tropical Weather Outlook will be issued to provide

 updates, as necessary, in between the regularly scheduled issuances

 of the Tropical Weather Outlook. Special Tropical Weather Outlooks

 will be issued under the same WMO and AWIPS headers as the regular

 Tropical Weather Outlooks.



 A graphical version of the Tropical Weather Outlook is available on

 the web at: https://www.hurricanes.gov.

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Dr Phil Klotzbach has released the Colorado state university numbers.



1. Seasonal Numbers at a Glance
CSU is projecting activity levels roughly 75% of a typical season.

• Named Storms: 13 (Average: 14.4)
  
• Hurricanes: 6 (Average: 7.2)
  
• Major Hurricanes (Cat 3+): 2 (Average: 3.2)
  
• Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE): 90 (Average: 123)
  

2. The Florida Outlook: Landfall Probabilities
While the overall storm count is lower, Florida remains the most vulnerable state in the U.S. The 2026 report provides specific probabilities for major hurricane landfalls:

• Florida Peninsula (South and East of Cedar Key): 15% (Long-term average: 21%)
  
• Gulf Coast and Panhandle (West of Cedar Key to Brownsville, TX): 20% (Long-term average: 27%)
  
• Proximity Risk: There is a 43% chance of a hurricane passing within 50 miles of Florida and a 21% chance of a major hurricane doing so.
  

3. Primary Drivers: The "El Niño" Factor
The defining feature of the 2026 season is the transition from a weak La Niña to a moderate-to-strong El Niño during the peak months (August–October).

• Wind Shear: El Niño typically creates high vertical wind shear across the Atlantic's Main Development Region (MDR). This "rips" storms apart before they can organize.
  
• Atmospheric Stability: Sinking air (subsidence) over the Caribbean and Atlantic is expected to suppress storm formation further.
  
• Atlantic Temperatures: While the Atlantic remains warm, it is not as anomalously hot as in recent record-breaking years, and the shear from El Niño is expected to be the dominant "hurricane slayer" this season.
  

4. Historical Analogs
CSU identifies years with similar climate setups to help predict 2026’s behavior. The primary analog years are:

• 2006 and 2009: Very quiet seasons for Florida landfall due to strong El Niño conditions.
  
• 2015: An extremely quiet year for the U.S. East Coast.
  
• 2023: A high storm count (20) but mostly storms that stayed out to sea, though Florida’s Big Bend was hit by Hurricane Idalia.
  
• Quality over Quantity: A below-average forecast does not mean zero risk. Forecasters frequently cite 1992 (Hurricane Andrew) as the ultimate warning: a very quiet, below-average year that produced one of the most devastating Category 5 landfalls in Florida history.
  
• Western Formation: Because El Niño suppresses storms in the deep tropics, 2026 may see more "homegrown" development in the Gulf of Mexico or Western Caribbean. These storms often have shorter lead times for us here in Florida.
  

Your preparations should be identical to any other year. See https://www.floridadisaster.org/planprepare/preparing-for-hurricane-season/

One thing to note, this year has a higher chance for early season activity, even if only tropical storms. We'll be watching here at flhurricane.

This year we make it very easy to share images in posts, copy paste them in directly, or upload them for a button. You can then resize/crop them if you want. This is so you can share photos, satellites, model images and simple gif animations this year.
Windows folks can hit "Windows Key+Ctrl+S" to take snippets from your screen and then paste into here in the replies. more to come this year.

Reply here with your own guesses at numbers, which will close around the start of the season.