It will be an active Atlantic Ocean hurricane season this year, with up to 16 major storms predicted to develop, a Canadian Hurricane Centre meteorologist said Thursday. The six-month Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1 and ends Nov. 30. (CBC)The hurricane centre's forecast mirrors an earlier one also released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast in the United States. They are all in the average range, indicating a near-normal 2018 season, or veering into above-average activity, says a hurricane centre forecast. "Hurricanes don't like wind shear, he said, "so the wind shear this year is not going to a big inhibitor of hurricanes.".

Source: CBC News May 24, 2018 14:26 UTC