It's Hurricane Season

Severe thunderstorms had been capturing our attention and now it's the heat. Lost in all of this is the fact hurricane season is now one week old. Seasonal forecasters at Colorado State, NOAA, and AccuWeather are all predicting average to above average tropical activity (between 12 and 16 named storms, compared to an average of 11). We're off to a fast start with Arthur, the first named storm, having already come and gone (but not before inundating Belize).

Now it's your turn to issue a seasonal tropical forecast...