FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado-based weather researchers
say three hurricanes formed in the Atlantic this year, two fewer
than they predicted before the season and one less than their
August update called for.
Colorado State University researchers William Gray and Phil
Klotzbach said Thursday their preseason forecasts called for 11
named storms, including five hurricanes, two of them major.
Their Aug. 4 update called for 10 named storms, including four
hurricanes, two of them major.
They say the final numbers were nine named storms and three
hurricanes, including two major hurricanes. The 1950-2000 average
is 9.6 named storms and 5.9 hurricanes.
The Atlantic season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
Gray has been forecasting hurricanes for more than two decades.
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