Hurricane Experts Predict Three Big Storms for October
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
It's going to be a stormy month.
That's according to the forecast issued Wednesday by Philip Klotzbach and William Gray, longtime Atlantic hurricane trackers based at Colorado State University.
"Our October-only forecast calls for 3 named storms, 2 hurricanes [and] 1 major hurricane," they write on a document posted on the CSU Web site.
That's about twice as much overall activity as a normal October.
September was also very active, with hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike blazing through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, though Klotzbach and Gray noticed an unusual lull in storm formation for nearly three weeks due to abnormally cold water in the eastern Atlantic.
The pair will issue a look back at the 2008 hurricane season on Nov. 24, followed by an early prediction of the 2009 season on Dec. 9.
Stay tuned! - HLG
2 comments:
I propose a ban on all Dr Gray "forecast" related stories / comments on this blog. HE'S NOT MAKING A FORECAST ... I'M NOT SURE IT CAN EVEN BE CALLED AN EDUCATED GUESS. A monkey good with a Ouija Board and a cope of the 2008 Falmer's Almanac good make a better prognostication than this hack with too much funding.
KF
Correction ... last comment should read, "A monkey good with a Ouija Board and a copy of the 2008 Farmer's Almanac could make a better ...".
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