User blog comment:Ryan1000/Ryan1000's official predictions for worldwide activity of 2014/@comment-24519952-20131216055456/@comment-24519952-20131217002508

And now I present to all of you...

STEVEN'S OFFICIAL PREDICTIONS FOR WORLDWIDE ACTIVITY IN 2014 FOR THE ATLANTIC, EPAC, WPAC, NIO, AND SHEM!

(As you can see in the comment above, I was originally planning to do the Atlantic and the EPac, but I changed my mind and I'm instead going to do all of the basins that Ryan predicted)

Now, for the predictions:

Atlantic:  9-14 named storms, 2-6 hurricanes, and 0-3 majors. (This should be a mostly average to slightly inactive season due to a developing El Nino. I'm going on the pessimistic side for hurricanes and majors, since there is a chance we could possibly see a re-2013 next year if strong dry air remains over the Atlantic. I hope that doesn't happen though, and that we can hopefully have a decent major going on in 2014.)

East Pacific: 17-21 named storms, 8-11 hurricanes, and 3-5 majors. (A potential El Nino could send the EPac into an activity spree. I'm predicting a season that will probably be more active than 2013, and one of the most active during the past decade. In the Central Pacific, I'm predicting 1-3 named storms will form in the basin.)

West Pacific: 24-30 named storms, 14-18 typhoons, 7-10 C3+ typhoons, and 3-5 super typhoons. (The WPac should be very active like it usually is, but because of a developing El Nino and the very active 2nd half of the 2013 season, the 2014 season could produce a whole lot of typhoons and an above-average number of named storms. Some very devastating storms will probably come next year too, but a re-Haiyan is going TOO far.)

North Indian Ocean: 3-6 named storms, 1-3 cyclones, and 0-2 C3+ cyclones. (It will be very quiet like it always is, but since some very devastating storms pop up in this basin once in a while, we always need to watch this basin very closely. Unfortunately, most of the people on this wiki are mainly only interested in the Atlantic and EPac, and the NIO won't get the attention it deserves.)

I'm not familiar with predicting the activity the whole southern hemisphere during the whole year, but I guess I'll give it a try:

Southern Hemisphere: 23-27 named storms, 10-15 cyclones, 5-8 C3+ cyclones, and 1-3 C5 cyclones. (I'm coping what Ryan said: "The SHem will probably have activity similar to the WPac, but maybe lower in intensity of storms.")

So yeah. I think 2014 should be an active season worldwide, and I'm looking forward to what the Northern Hemisphere will produce next year. I hope it'll be interesting to watch! The 2013 tropical cyclone season can now R.I.P.