Busy hurricane season ahead?

""I personally think the chance of a La Nina is uncomfortably high. If El Nino does make a fade we could be in for a very busy year," said Chris Landsea, National Hurricane Center science and operations officer.
On top of that, Atlantic tropical sea-surface temperatures continue to be warmer than the average - another big factor in hurricane formation - and African rainfall patterns are suggesting a busy year. Hurricanes form from monsoon storms spinning off the western African coast.

"I think most people in this business are thinking it's going to be a more active than normal hurricane season, and I think there's a legitimacy to that," said Greg Carbone, a geography associate professor at University of South Carolina who studies climate impacts.

Hurricane season is a span from June through November when tropical cyclones are likely to form in the Atlantic. They are massive, powerful land-falling ocean storms that can threaten people and property for hundreds of miles inland. The storms have formed as early as April and as late as December. " LINK