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FOR THIS TIME OF MORNING. CARLA ALL RIGHT. THANKS, SARAH. WE’RE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON, AND NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE YOUR PLANS IN PLACE. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROCLAIMED THIS WEEK AS NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK. NOW, HERE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA, STORM SURGE IS REALLY NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT WE HAVE FELT DIRECT IMPACTS FROM TROPICAL SYSTEMS. THAT INCLUDES POWER OUTAGES, TORNADOES, AS WELL AS FLOODING AND FIRST WARNING, METEOROLOGIST BRYLEE BROWN IS KEEPING US AHEAD OF THIS YEAR’S STORMS. BRYLEE WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS UPCOMING UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON? SO NOAA’S OFFICIAL OUTLOOK DOESN’T COME OUT UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT WE DO EXPECT AN ACTIVE SEASON. THERE ARE VARIOUS VARIABLES IN PLACE THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT HURRICANE DEVELOPMENT. WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES, REDUCED VERTICAL WIND SHEAR, A LACK OF SAHARAN DUST, JUST TO NAME A FEW. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR, 2024 WAS TRULY A CATASTROPHIC SEASON. THERE WERE 11 HURRICANES. FIVE OF THOSE BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ISSUED ITS FORECAST EARLIER IN APRIL. AND SO THESE ARE THEIR NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR 17 FORECAST. NAMED STORMS. NINE OF THOSE HURRICANES AND FOUR MAJOR HURRICANES. AND THAT DOES SURPASS THE AVERAGE JUST BY A COUPLE NUMBERS THERE. COLORADO STATE ALSO ISSUES A PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE IMPACT FORECAST. AND OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF US ALONG THE GULF COAST ARE AT SOME RISK. BUT HURRICANES CAN HAVE A WIDE REACH, AND EVEN HURRICANES THAT DEVELOP WAY OUT IN THE ATLANTIC. THE SWELLS CAN BRING HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST. WE KNOW THAT. SO NOT ONLY THE COASTAL RESIDENTS NEEDING TO PREPARE, BUT JUST LOOKING AHEAD TO THE MONTH OF JUNE, AND ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET WELL INTO SUMMER, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND THOSE TROPICAL FORECASTS. AS I SAID, NOAA WILL ISSUE THEIR OFFICIAL OUTLOOK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, BUT THESE ARE THE NAMES FOR 202