The 2014 hurricane season has arrived and the extended range summer analysis forecasts below-average activity and landfall strike possibility.
“We continue to foresee a below-average 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. The tropical Atlantic remains slightly cooler than normal, while El Niño is in the process of developing. However, the transition to El Niño has slowed some in recent weeks, and the tropical Atlantic has anomalously warmed, causing us to increase our forecast slightly. We are still calling for a below-average probability of United States and Caribbean major hurricane landfall.”
Drs Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray, Colorado State University, June 2, 2014
| Atlantic Hurricane Season | June 2014 forecast | Average |
| Named storms (>35mph winds) | 10 | 12 |
| Hurricanes (>72mph winds) | 4 | 6.5 |
| Major hurricanes (>111mph winds) | 1 | 2 |
| US landfall likelihood | 40% | 52% |
| Gulf Coast landfall probability | 23% | 30% |
| Manatee County hurricane landfall probability | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Manatee County tropical storm probability | 12.3% | 17.1% |
| Manatee County >75mph wind gusts probability | 3.5% | 5.0% |
Information obtained through May 2014 indicates that the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season will have less activity than the median 1981-2010 season. The probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall is estimated to be about 80 percent of the long-period average. An anticipated below-average Atlantic basin hurricane season is due to the likelihood of El Niño development along with a slighter cooler than normal tropical Atlantic.
