Havana, May 16 (RHC), -- Meteorologists at the Department of Atmospheric Science of Colorado State Univerity anticípate that this year’s Atlantic basin hurricane season will be one of the least active since 1950. They estimate that 2015 will have only 3 hurricanes (the average is 6.5), 7 named storms (average is 12.0) and only one 1 major (Category 3-4-5) hurricane (average of 2.0) .
The experts cite as reasons for these mild season, the strong activity in the area of the El Niño climate phenomenon and cool temperatures in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic.