There is a 60% chance of an above-normal season, Ken Graham, director of NOAA's National Weather Service and assistant administrator for weather services at NOAA, told reporters on Thursday.

“Everything’s in place for an above-average season,” Ken Graham, director of the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), told reporters in Louisiana.

According to NOAA, there is a 30 percent chance of a near-normal season and a 60 percent chance of an above-normal season, with a 10 percent chance of a below-normal season.