For the millions of Americans who live within a day’s drive of the Atlantic or Gulf coast, NOAA’s first hurricane forecast of 2026 carries a counterintuitive message: expect a quiet season, even though the ocean is unusually warm.

Here are some interesting takeaways from Thursday’s forecast announcement as we get ready to kick off the 2026 season on June 1.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WMBB) – NOAA has temporarily stalled Florida’s Atlantic Red Snapper season, which was scheduled to start Friday. According to the FWC, a federal judge attempted to block Floridians from fishing after activists made a call to do so.

On Thursday, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its three-month outlook, which highlights meteorological summer. This outlook focuses on the months of June, July and August.

Director of NOAA's hurricane field program, Jason Sippel, joins FOX Weather to discuss a series of new tools being used to collect data from the most dangerous parts of storms that were previously

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