BERMAN: An alarming new prediction this morning from government weather forecasters, a bad hurricane season is about to get even worse. They are forecasting now a rare, extremely active season. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar joins us now. And, Allison, people have noted, this seems like the most 2020 thing ever.</s>ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It really kind of does, which is not the news that you really want to hear. But, yes, we have two entities that have just updated their forecast for the remainder of the season, NOAA being one of them. And take a look at this, because, again, this is pretty interesting information. Now, they originally issued their forecast back on May 21st when they predicted 13 to 19 named storms. That highest number of 19 is now the bare minimum for their new numbers. They are now saying that it's likely going to be between 19 and 25 named storms, between 7 to 11 that will get to hurricane strength, and three to six of those will be major hurricanes, which is Category 3 or higher. Colorado State is the other entity that forecast numbers for a season. Now, their original number back on April 2nd was 16. They have now jumped to 24. I would like to point out, in the 36-year history of them predicting these seasons, that is the highest number they have ever issued. Hurricanes going from 8 to 12 for their predictions and they're now going with five for major hurricanes. Again, that would be Category 3 or higher. One thing to note, as we're mainly focused here on sea surface temperatures, we have a lack of El Nino out there, so we really anticipate that these sea surface temperatures will be above normal. And the yellow color you see here, that is showing where the sea surface temperatures are above. END
NOAA Warns of Rare Extremely Active Hurricane Season.