The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on May 25 released its forecasts for this year’s Atlantic, Central, and Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons.
NOAA has two hurricane centers to cover different parts of the world.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC), which is based in Miami, Florida, is responsible for tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator, including the Gulf of Mexico, while storms west of 140º W longitude and east of 180º W, are monitored by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The NHC is also responsible for tropical activity developing in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and east of 140º W longitude, up to Mexico and Central America….