On August 5, NOAA reiterated their belief that this would be an active hurricane season

8 to 12 hurricanes (top winds of 74 mph or higher), of which:
4 to 6 could be major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; winds of at least 111 mph)

Five weeks later, hurricanes have fallen below the 1944-2005 average. Things could change, but with SSTs plummeting, reaching those numbers doesn’t seem very likely.

http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sst_anom.html

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NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth’s environment, from the depths of the oceans to surface of the sun

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”- Albert Einstein