{"id":593675,"date":"2026-04-10T00:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593675\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:57:09","slug":"experts-issue-2026-hurricane-outlook-what-it-could-mean-for-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593675\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts issue 2026 hurricane outlook, what it could mean for Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published on Apr. 9, 2026, 7:21 PM<\/p>\n<p>El Ni\u00f1o is expected to dominate tropical activity across the Atlantic Ocean this hurricane season<\/p>\n<p>Experts with Colorado State University (CSU) released their much-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/explore\/hurricane\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlantic hurricane season<\/a> outlook on Thursday, calling for a growing El Ni\u00f1o to dominate much of the season ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The official forecast calls for slightly below-average tropical cyclone activity across the Atlantic basin.<\/p>\n<p>Below-average doesn\u2019t mean out of the woods, though. \u201cAs with all hurricane seasons, coastal residents are reminded that it only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season,\u201d the CSU team advised.<\/p>\n<p>DON\u2019T MISS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/are-we-on-the-cusp-of-a-super-el-nino-heres-how-strong-it-may-grow\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Are we on the cusp of a \u201cSuper El Ni\u00f1o?\u201d Here\u2019s how strong it may grow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slightly below-normal hurricane season expected<\/p>\n<p>CSU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/tropical.colostate.edu\/forecasting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">group of experts<\/a> analyzed almost 40 years of data, comparing what happened back then to current and predicted conditions over the next couple of months.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/1U2F7VGUaDeSW4JZk0jo8i\/8f0664136e68c5bcd6afa3bfd8b3b3fa\/CSU_Atlantic_Hurricane_Forecast_April_2026.png\" alt=\"CSU Atlantic Hurricane Forecast April 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CSU_Atlantic_Hurricane_Forecast_April_2026.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The first seasonal outlook calls for 13 named storms, six of which may grow into hurricanes, and two of those hurricanes may intensify to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/severe\/why-focusing-on-a-hurricanes-saffir-simpson-scale-category-is-downright-dangerous\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Category 3 or stronger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is down slightly from an average Atlantic season, which produces 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Apr. 9, 2026, 7:21 PM El Ni\u00f1o is expected to dominate tropical activity across the Atlantic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,69997,23188,44,49958],"class_list":{"0":"post-593675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-el-nino","11":"tag-hurricane","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tropics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}