The season is expected to be above average due to a "confluence of factors, including continued ENSO-neutral conditions, warmer than average ocean temperatures, forecasts for weak wind shear, and the potential for higher activity from the West African Monsoon, a primary starting point for Atlantic hurricanes," NOAA said in a media release.

A normal hurricane season based on an average from the years 1991-2020 has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. "We have to be prepared right now,