Earlier this month, the Tropical Meteorological Project at Colorado State University (CSU) predicted 2016 could be a near-average hurricane season. In CSU's Atlantic Basin Seasonal Hurricane Forecast, climatologists stated there could be 13 named storms in the 2016 hurricane season, five of which could be hurricanes and two of which could be major hurricanes designated as Category 3 or above. According the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an average hurricane season includes 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes. Should this prediction hold, it would mean we could see more activity this year than in the past three seasons, which were considered below average.   Read the article.