On Thursday, May 7, the NHC divulged that Subtropical Storm Ana, the first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, had formed over the Atlantic Ocean and the winds clocked at 45 miles per hour (mph). Ana has appeared nearly a month prior to the official beginning of the hurricane season.

Usually, the Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1 and ends by Nov. 30. The eastern Pacific experiences the hurricane season from May 15 to Nov. 30.

However, the hurricane season ahead may be milder. According to Colorado State University experts Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray, forecasts in April, this season, the Atlantic will experience "well below average" hurricane numbers owing to strong El Nino effect and cooler water of the Caribbean.

This ,meand 7 storms,4 of them tropical storms and 3 hurricanes.

The names picked for this year are- Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquín, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor and Wanda.

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