Wednesday April 4, 2007 1:54 pm
Experts Predict Heavy Hurricane Season
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science
It’s never too early to batten down your hatches. Weather forecasters predict a busy hurricane season, which begins June 1 and runs through November 30. Colorado State University experts William Gray and Philip Klotzbach have moved up their findings for 2007 because they see a rapid dissipation of El Nino conditions. They expect as many as 17 already-named tropical storms. Nine have been predicted as possibly reaching hurricane status.
Last year the CSU experts wrongly predicted a bad season, but this year London-based Tropical Storm Risk concurs with the team’s conclusions. Although it may be true that no forecaster can accurately predict the weather 100%, we are nonetheless going to run out and buy our duct tape early, just in case.
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| BBC