THIS HURRICANE SEASON

“We do get the remnants, sometimes we get the rain from a former hurricane or tropical storm, that happens every year or two, but usually it’s just rain,” said Aviles.

Aviles said the Bay State has only seen a major hurricane once every couple of decades, so residents should not be worried.

Alan Reppert, senior meteorologist with Accuweather, said tropical activity is the main cause of concern for severe weather, noting, “We are far from done with the tropical season.”

“The peak is in September, so we still have a ways to go until we even hit the peak and we can continue to see storms into November or even December,” he said.

But like Aviles, Reppert said storms will weaken by the time they arrive in New England, meaning severe weather in the commonwealth isn’t a big threat to residents.

Competing climate factors go into creating predictions for the 2019 hurricane season. El Nino is expected to suppress the intensity of the hurricane season, but things like expected warmer sea temperatures counter El Nino and favor increased hurricane activity.

Tropical cyclone names have already been selected by the World Meteorological Organization. Following Barry, the next storms will be named Chantal, Dorian and Erin.

Seasonal hurricane outlooks for the eastern and central pacific basins have also been predicted by NOAA and show an abovenormal season with a probability of up to 22 named storms.