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Updated: 11:46 AM Nov 19, 2009
2009 Hurricane Forecast Turns Out A Bit High
Colorado-based weather researchers predicted a few more hurricanes than actually occured this year.
Posted: 11:46 AM Nov 19, 2009 |
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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.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Latest Comments
Chase, somehow, somewhere and in some way, this will be Bush's fault.......
Al Gore must have made this prediction.
I'm sure this is just another waste of tax payers money. Heck, I could count holes in my socks and be just as accurate as they are and will not have the change my forecast in August. Just let me know when they're coming, how strong they are, and where they're going.
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