Colorado university sees busy Atlantic hurricane season Forecasters at Colorado State University in an April 9 report are predicting this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be busier than ever, posing a potential threat to oil and gas operators along the US Gulf Coast. “We anticipate that the 2021 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have above-normal activity,” the report from the university’s tropical meteorology project predicts. The probability that at least one storm stronger than a category 3 hurricane, the low-point for classification as a major hurricane, will make landfall in the continental United States is 69%, above the 52% average for the last century.