HALIFAX — The Canadian Hurricane Centre says the 2016 hurricane season will see more normal storm activity as the effects of El Nino begin to dwindle.
Meteorologist Bob Robichaud says 10 to 16 storms are predicted for the Atlantic Basin this year with four to eight expected to become hurricanes and two expected to become major in force.
Robichaud says that's because the warmer waters caused by El Nino in the Pacific are beginning to cool.
He says the change from El Nino to La Nina should cause slightly more storm activity in the Atlantic.
Last year, the centre predicted 11 tropical storms and 11 developed in the Atlantic with four making it to hurricane status.
Robichaud says four of those storms made it into Canadian waters, although there were no major effects felt in Atlantic Canada.
