dxAce wrote:
David wrote:

Forecasters see big Atlantic hurricane season
16 May 2005 20:01:33 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Jim Loney

MIAMI, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. forecasters predicted on Monday that
up
to 15 tropical storms and hurricanes would form in the Atlantic and
Caribbean this year, another busy season on the heels of one that
hammered Florida with four hurricanes and swamped U.S. oil
production.

If the forecasters are right, the 2005 hurricane season, which runs
from June 1 to Nov. 30, would continue a string of mostly
above-average stormy seasons that began a decade ago, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in its annual
hurricane forecast.

"Since 1995, conditions in the tropics have been very favorable for
active hurricane seasons. Eight out of those 10 years were above
normal and we expect this to be nine out of 11," NOAA Administrator
Conrad Lautenbacher said at a news conference in Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi.

The Atlantic and Caribbean basin will see 12 to 15 tropical storms
during the season, NOAA said. From seven to nine of those storms
will
become hurricanes and three to five of the hurricanes will be major
ones, with sustained winds exceeding 110 mph (177 kph), the agency
said.

An average hurricane season has 9.6 tropical storms, of which 5.9
grow
to hurricane strength of 74 mph (119 kph). Of those hurricanes, 2.3
become major hurricanes.

Awesome... the Hurricane Watch Net will be up and running for sure.

http://www.hwn.org/

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yeah! Can't wait. But at least we are stocked for the long haul this
time.

noyk in Ocala Florida