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Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 – here's what forecasters are watching right now

  • Written by Kristopher Karnauskas, Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 – here's what forecasters are watching right nowHurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose on Sept. 8, 2017.NOAA

As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, forecasters begin watching every bout of rainy weather between the Gulf of Mexico and Africa. Each counterclockwise swirl of wind or burst of puffy clouds there has the potential to organize into a life-threatening tropical storm.

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