... and is likely to produce two to five major hurricanes.
“There’s a possibility that the season could be extremely active,” said Gerry Bell, the lead seasonal hurricane forecaster with the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In all, he said, the center was forecasting 14 to 19 named storms, with winds of 39 miles per hour or higher, including five to nine hurricanes.
Major hurricanes are defined as Category 3 and above, with sustained winds of 111 m.p.h. or higher.
