Hurricane Forecast Downgraded Again
Hurricane expert William Gray downgraded his forecast for the 2006 Atlantic storm season again, predicting one more hurricane this year, two more named storms and no intense hurricanes.
The new report calls for a below-average hurricane season, with a total of six hurricanes and 11 named storms. Gray and fellow Colorado State University researcher Philip Klotzbach cited developing El Nino conditions in the Pacific for the reduced number of storms.
So far this season, the Atlantic basin has seen nine named storms and five hurricanes, the latest of them Isaac, which broke apart off Canada on Monday.
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