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THIS STICKY, HUMID ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAVE IN THE HIGH HUMIDITY SHOULD REMIND YOU OF SUMMERTIME. SUMMERTIME IS HURRICANE SEASON ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC BASIN, METEOROLOGIST JORDAN WEST. WE GOT A NEW UPDATE FROM NOAA TODAY ON HOW MANY STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS SEASON. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THE OVERALL MESSAGE THAT IS THAT THEY’RE FORECASTING AN ABOVE AVERAGE SEASON SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, WE SAW 18 NAMED STORMS, 11 OF THOSE BEING HURRICANES AND FIVE OF THOSE BEING MAJOR HURRICANES, WHICH IS ABOVE WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE ON A GIVEN YEAR TO YEAR BASIS. THE NEWEST OUTLOOK FROM NOAA INCLUDES 13 TO 19 NAMED STORMS, 6 TO 10 OF THESE NAMED STORMS, BEING HURRICANES, AND ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 OF THOSE HURRICANES BEING MAJOR HURRICANES. AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ALSO ISSUES A FORECAST EVERY YEAR. AND THEY ISSUED A FORECAST ABOUT A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. AND THEY ARE FORECASTING 17 NAMED STORMS AND NINE HURRICANES, AND FOUR OF THOSE BEING MAJOR HURRICANES. AND ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS FALL WITHIN WHAT NOAA ALSO FORECASTED. BOTH OF THESE ABOVE AVERAGE. SO WE STILL GOT TIME TO PREPARE. WE ONLY ARE TEN DAYS AWAY FROM HURRICANE SEASON, AND WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING OUT THERE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. ANYWAYS. THAT SUGGESTS ANY TROPICAL SYSTEMS ANYTIME SOON. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS HERE IN ALABAMA, WE DIDN’T GET ANY DIRECT IMPACTS FROM ANYTHING. SO WHATEVER YOU PLANNED AND PREPARE FOR LAST YEAR, YOU MIGHT STILL HAVE THIS YEAR. JUST MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH THE GARAGE, GO THROUGH THE CLOSET, MAKE SURE YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THIS HURRICANE SEASON. YOU CAN FIND MORE ON THI