Day 25... Hurricane Forecast and GOES-R has a new home

Day 25....

NOAA issued its official 2017 Hurricane season forecast this morning.  Here is the breakdown...

Atlantic #HurricaneSeason 2017: Could be comparable to 2016, most active season since 2012 w/ 5 landfalling storms https://t.co/n3E0gWftKt pic.twitter.com/H3giJkSlC3

— NOAA (@NOAA) May 25, 2017

And now the names of the storms...

Arlene kicks off the list of names for Atlantic #hurricaneseason. Details of how and why WMO names cyclones at https://t.co/MyHB7tFcDL pic.twitter.com/R0tSer7INT

— WMO | OMM (@WMO) May 25, 2017

The other big piece of news to come out of NOAA is that GOES-R has an official assignment.  The latest weather satellite will become GOES-16 and will be stationed at GOES-E.  The satellite will enter service in November.

It's official! #GOES16 will be moved to the GOES East position when declared operational this fall! Learn more @ https://t.co/th65fcc5MI pic.twitter.com/6kSJtFFAxd

— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) May 25, 2017