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Hurricane Season May Start caused tropical storms to develop earlier than June 1 on frequently and are much more intense than storms earlier
Warmer waters, potentially from climate change, have
in the season.
Earlier In The Future a more consistent basis. Better modeling technology and So, what does this mean to those of us in South
satellites have led to the ability to track and name storms Florida? Not much. Hurricanes will not suddenly decide
By Katie Roundtree, more effectively than in the past. Storms that may have to form earlier because of a shift in dates. This doesn’t
Finance Director, North- been missed before can now be monitored and forecasted give a green light to the atmosphere to stir up storms
ern Palm Beach County more accurately. There have been calls for years to revise prior to June 1. It simply means that we need to be more
Improvement District the official start date of the Atlantic hurricane season to vigilant, prepare early and pay attention to weather trends
In February, it was an- May 15, matching the first day of hurricane season in the and forecasts a bit sooner in the year than in the past.
nounced that a committee eastern Pacific. June 1 is an arbitrarily chosen date; some Hurricane season is a long stretch, but it’s the price we
within NOAA (National think it’s time to change the definition to reflect reality. pay to live in paradise.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Even though there is discussion about moving the NPDES Tip: Hurricane season begins officially on
Administration) is deter- hurricane season start date to May 15, the ending date of June 1. Make sure your yards and trees are trimmed early
mining whether hurricane Nov. 30 has not changed. The height of hurricane season to avoid flying debris during a storm. Dispose of your
season should begin on is August through mid-October, later in the season. Typi- trimmings and clippings properly. Do not put them into
May 15 rather than June 1, cally, August has more than three times more storms than storm drains or lakes!
as is the current internationally recognized start date. This July or double the amount of June and July combined. As
is in response to weather patterns over the past decade the oceans heat up, activity increases. Storms form more
and tropical activity starting earlier than June 1 over the
past six consecutive years. Since 2000, 11 storms have
been named prior to the official start of the season. It is
a trend that they believe will continue into the future.
In response, NOAA may begin issuing daily tropical
weather forecasts as early as May 15. As to moving the
start date of the official hurricane season to May 15, in
their annual hurricane plan, the World Meteorological
Organization announced the National Hurricane Center
“will determine a quantitative threshold for adding or
removing dates from the official Atlantic Hurricane Sea-
son,” and “will then examine the need for … potentially
moving the beginning of hurricane season to May 15.”

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