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The Cool Down on MSNExperts raise concerns over major change to hurricane prediction systems: 'The whole thing raises more questions than it answers'While the start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet, experts are forecasting activity to begin to pick up through the heart of summer. However, they will unfortunately be working without a crucial system of satellites that have played a major role in hurricane forecasting in previous years.
Tropical conditions are expected to be quiet as Saharan dust and wind shear help prevent any storm development.
After Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall in South Carolina over the Fourth of July weekend, the tropics are now quiet. Well, sort of. Chantal is now a post-tropical cyclone, according to the last advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center at 11 a.m. ET.
AccuWeather forecasters are keeping an eye on an area close to Florida which shows some potential for tropical development July 15-18.
NOAA update: Monitoring Rafael storm No. 17 and the US Gulf Coast By Robin Bradshaw , Staff writer Updated Nov 7, 2024 7:32 p.m. NOAA update: Rafael storm No. 17 is expected to become a major ...
Meteorologists are losing a sophisticated tool that has proved invaluable when monitoring and forecasting hurricanes.
A satellite program that has historically been a key source of weather forecasting data will be discontinued no later than July 31, according to a message posted by NOAA.