Hurricane Forecast for 2026

'What a Surprise' HURRICANE FORECAST: Maybe Not So Bad This Year

South Florida residents may get a bit of a break this hurricane season. Colorado State University’s renowned tropical weather research team released its initial 2026 Atlantic hurricane season forecast Thursday, calling for somewhat below-normal activity.

The CSU team is predicting 13 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and just 2 major hurricanes — all below the 1991-2020 historical averages of 14.4 named storms, 7.2 hurricanes, and 3.2 major hurricanes.

The key driver behind the quieter outlook is El Niño. Current weak La Niña conditions are expected to transition to a moderate or even strong El Niño by the peak of hurricane season, which would increase wind shear over the Atlantic and make it harder for storms to develop and intensify. CSU researchers also note that sea surface temperatures in the eastern and central tropical Atlantic are running slightly cooler than normal — another factor working against storm formation.

CSU says there is a below-average probability of major hurricane landfalls along the U.S. coastline and in the Caribbean. But forecasters are quick to add the caveat that never gets old — it only takes one storm making landfall to make any season feel very active. Additional forecast updates are scheduled for June 10, July 8, and August 5.

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Harris still crying about DeSantis not taking her phone call 😭

Biden Appears to Have Enough of Harris Criticisms of Governor DeSantis

Actually, he said he didn't know about her phone call

Over the last few days, Harris has been stirring the pot with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Harris was upset that DeSantis did not take her call when she allegedly reached out to him regarding recovery efforts.

DeSantis went nuclear, saying she is not in the chain of command and has not once reached out to him during storm recovery, so why would he expect her to now?

If Harris were not running for president, there is no way she would be interested in these hurricane recovery efforts.

I can say that because of her track record during previous hurricanes, where she never picked up the phone or visited DeSantis to see how the recovery effort was going.

Harris called DeSantis “irresponsible” and “selfish” for not answering her call...oh, boo hoo.

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DeSantis says the tropical weather is ‘nothing new under the sun.’

‘It is hurricane season’: DeSantis schools reporter tries to blame Hurricane Milton tornadoes on global warming

During a Thursday press briefing, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) came prepared with the facts on hurricane history, schooling a reporter who tried to blame tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton on global warming.

I'm just surprised that it took this long for some liberal reporter to ask the question.

Two hurricanes and dozens of tornadoes have hit Florida in the last couple of weeks.

When asked by a reporter whether he thinks the increase in tornadoes could be linked to climate change, DeSantis responded, “I think you can go back and find tornadoes for all of human history for sure.”

“I think, if you go back to 1851, there’s probably been 27 hurricanes that have had lower [barometric pressure] — so the lower the barometric pressure, the stronger it is,” he continued. “I think there have been about 27 hurricanes that have had lower barometric pressure on landfall than Milton did, and of those, 17 occurred, I think, prior to 1960.”

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Ron DeSantis, with a BS from Yale and a law degree from Harvard, comes prepared. He's doing a great job for Florida.

The Season in Florida where we all worry about Insurance Premiums

Florida property owners, insurers and lawmakers wait helplessly for Mother Nature’s next move

Every year, when formulating my budget for the next year, property insurance is my biggest worry and guess. Our budget is done in October for the next year but we don't know what our premiums will be until four months later. It is a guessing game and stressful. I say stressful...you have to work for a Condominium Association to understand what I mean. Owners don't want to pay any assessment much less exorbitant insurance premiums and who can blame them?

For the next 90 days or so, Florida property owners are little more than sitting ducks, helpless to the whims of a merciless Mother Nature and the storms she’s capable of spooling up. And there’s nothing Governor Ron DeSantis or anyone else can do to fix the state’s property insurance crisis in time to make a difference.

At this point, the ultimate factor that could bring property insurance relief to Florida is completely out of human hands. A major storm—or worse, multiple storms—hitting Florida in 2023 would not only cause untold property damage but could also trigger a cascading series of financial consequences with the potential to thrash Florida’s otherwise healthy economy.

On the flip side, if the state dodges the proverbial bullet this year, (and it looks like now that we won't with Idalia) experts say it will provide much-needed breathing room for everyone, and provide another shot at even more comprehensive reforms next year, particularly in the reinsurance market, which could stabilize premiums and even entice more insurance carriers to enter (or re-enter) the Florida market.

But don’t hold your breath. Florida residents – elected officials included – are now in a game of chance governed by atmospheric pressure and ocean temperatures – and the dice are loaded in favor of Mother Nature. What she decides to do in the coming months will set the course for Florida’s future – for better or worse – for years to come.

Florida’s total real estate value is now estimated at $3.62 trillion, with a “T,” enough to rank second in the nation, ahead of both New York and Texas.

We lucked out in Lake Worth Beach over the last few years and hopefully we will again.
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Tax Free Holiday

Florida Department of Revenue

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Cleaner Air leading to more Hurricanes

New Government Study Finds Cleaner Air Leads to More Atlantic Hurricanes

Climate Control freaks will love this.

A new study conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere, found that cleaner air is leading to more hurricanes.

The study was written by Hiroyuki Murakami and published in Science Advances on Wednesday, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary open-access scientific journal.

“A 50% decrease in pollution particles and droplets in Europe and the U.S. is linked to a 33% increase in Atlantic storm formation in the past couple decades, while the opposite is happening in the Pacific with more pollution and fewer typhoons,” AP reported.

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FEMA still wants its money from Lake Worth?

On-going Litigation with FEMA, Case No 19-cv-81140-SINGHAL.

This must be the same demand from FEMA that has been going on for years. Last week, the commission met out of the sunshine on this serious situation that could cost taxpayers multi-millions that we don't have.

I have written about this through the years where the city took millions of government money that it was not entitled to according to FEMA because of sloppy accounting or even possible fraud (buying personal sfuff at Sam's Club?) according to our outside auditors at the time. The biggest abuses were in the Utility Department. We even had a city manager, Paul Boyer, who was fired.

In 2010, years after the Hurricanes, FEMA sent a letter to the City requesting it pay back $8.1 million. Later, city manager Bornstein said that the claim had been negotiated down to around $4 million.

City Manager Bornstein lamented and blamed FEMA. At that time, it was documented that the city was unable to prove their claims because of faulty record keeping and/or unable to produce records and receipts.

So, a certified court reporter was present at this meeting to ensure that the session was fully transcribed. Transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the above-cited, ongoing litigation.

Read about what we owed I have to wonder what the legal bills have been for just this one case.

Hurricane Names for 2021

Wind Projection for Eta

ISAIAS--Message from the City of Lake Worth (Beach)

We continue to monitor the storm with an estimated arrival time around 8pm this evening. Before the storm arrives you should have completed your preparations as it is dangerous to attempt to put up shutters or collect garden furniture once the high winds begin.

Please continue to watch for updates and follow the advice of the Governor and other officials.

City staff have been working hard to prepare the City in case the storm is to hit Lake Worth Beach. You can expect multiple information releases to come from the City before, during, and after the storm.

We are all in this together! We are Lake Worth

Isaias at 11am this morning

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President approves Federal $$$ for Dorian Disaster

Trump approves federal money for Palm Beach County’s Hurricane Dorian response

President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida on Tuesday. The declaration makes federal dollars available to the state government, certain nonprofits and 12 counties including Palm Beach County.

Lake Worth tallied a total of $2.7 million! Wonder where the disaster was due to Dorian.

During Frances, Jeanne and Wilma Lake Worth had millions in claims that could not be verified by the city. FEMA wanted proof for the $26 million and we got involved in a mess trying to prove our claims. The utility department, the biggest culprit, had lost invoices and documents and the city commission didn't feel we should be responsible to pay it all back due to those document losses from so many years ago. Millions are still owed back to FEMA from their original request.