NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center today announced that climate conditions point to an 80 percent chance of a near- or above-normal hurricane season in the Central Pacific basin this year.
![This color-enhanced infrared image, captured by the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite shows Hurricane Madeline approaching Hawaii from the east on August 29, 2016. (Image credit: NOAA/NASA) This color-enhanced infrared image, captured by the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite shows Hurricane Madeline approaching Hawaii from the east on August 29, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/1920v1_20160829-HURMadeline.png?itok=8muf94V5)
This color-enhanced infrared image, captured by the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite shows Hurricane Madeline approaching Hawaii from the east on August 29, 2016. (Image credit: NOAA/NASA)