Unusually Active Hurricane Season Ahead, National Weather Service Predicts

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Daniel Brown, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, tracks a hurricane on July 3, 2014. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS) expect the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will bring above-normal activity.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a division of NWS, the outlook predicts a 60 percent chance of an above-normal hurricane season.