Yep. In a world of ever increasing globalwarmingclimatechangeglobalclimatedisruption (said with that movie guy's deep voice of course) when the world is already showing the effects of that globalwarmingclimatechangeglobalclimatedisruption it seems that the hurricane season is once again sticking its middle finger up to the whiners....
Why am I not surprised....
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its hurricane season forecast Thursday, trimming back the number of hurricanes they expect this year to between six and nine. That's a couple less than they predicted back in May.
The forecast calls for three to five of those hurricanes to be major, with winds greater than 110 mph. The updated forecast also predicts 13 to 19 named storms this year. Both of those predictions are just one less forecast three months ago.
The chance that 2013 will be busier than normal remains at 70 percent. A normal year has 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major storms.
"Make no bones about it, those ranges indicate a lot of activity still to come," said lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Gerry Bell of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Md. "We're coming to the peak of hurricane season now."
Hurricane season starts in June and runs until the end of November, but peak hurricane season runs from mid-August to mid-October.
Read more: NOAA trims forecast for busy hurricane season - New York News
Why am I not surprised....
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its hurricane season forecast Thursday, trimming back the number of hurricanes they expect this year to between six and nine. That's a couple less than they predicted back in May.
The forecast calls for three to five of those hurricanes to be major, with winds greater than 110 mph. The updated forecast also predicts 13 to 19 named storms this year. Both of those predictions are just one less forecast three months ago.
The chance that 2013 will be busier than normal remains at 70 percent. A normal year has 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major storms.
"Make no bones about it, those ranges indicate a lot of activity still to come," said lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Gerry Bell of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Md. "We're coming to the peak of hurricane season now."
Hurricane season starts in June and runs until the end of November, but peak hurricane season runs from mid-August to mid-October.
Read more: NOAA trims forecast for busy hurricane season - New York News