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The experts are saying 'get ready for this hurricane season'.

And then there's the blob
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/cold-blob-atlantic-start-hurricane-season-early-article-1.2590456

Brace yourselves: The cold blob is looming.

A “cold blob” hovering in the northern Atlantic Ocean could bring an early start and a harsher run for the hurricane season, according to the forecasting service Accuweather.

The cold blob — a large area of unusually chilly sea-surface temperatures — has been brewing for several years east of Newfoundland and south of Greenland, Accuweather said. Forecasters at the service said ocean currents could carry cold water from the cold blob to the tropical regions of the Atlantic, where 85% of tropical storm systems develop.

If that happens, the cold blob could raise this year’s total of Atlantic hurricanes to 14 — two more than average. The cold blob could also lead to earlier-than-expected hurricanes, although a timeline for those anomalies is unclear.