Overview
- The National Hurricane Center resumed its daily Tropical Weather Outlook for the Atlantic and said no tropical cyclone formation is expected over the next seven days.
- New this season, the outlook adds a gray X to mark areas with little to no chance of development.
- The outlook is typically updated four times per day to help people spot potential threats before a storm forms.
- Forecasters say a likely El Niño could raise wind shear over the tropical Atlantic and limit storm development.
- Seasonal guidance so far points to about 13 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes, with NOAA’s official outlook due May 21.