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2013 Hurricane Forecast: 9 Hurricanes, 18 Named Storms

The first forecast for the six-month 2013 hurricane season came out
Wednesday, and it doesn't look much different than what happened in
the 2012 season.

Professor William Gray and research scientist Philip Kloztbach from
Colorado State University's Department of Atmospheric Science say the
Atlantic basin can expect 18 named storms, 95 named storm days, nine
hurricanes, 40 hurricane days, four major hurricanes (sustained winds
of 111 mph or higher) and nine major hurricane days.

The Colorado State researchers say there is a 72 percent chance that a
major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) could make landfall along the
"entire U.S. coastline." That goes down to 48 percent for the "U.S.
East Coast including peninsula Florida."
To read the full article, go to:
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/13/2013-hurricane-forecast_n_3077254.html>

2013 hurricane season set to be 'above average': forecasters
The chance of the U.S. being hit by a major storm are about 70% greater
than last year, when Hurricane Sandy inundated East Coast, researchers
at Colorado State University said.

Batten down the hatches.

It's going to be one heck of a hurricane season.

The odds of the U.S. being clobbered by a major storm system are about
70% greater than last year, when Hurricane Sandy inundated the city,
researchers at Colorado State University said.
<http://www.news.colostate.edu/Release/6788>

Meteorologists also expect 18 named storms will form in the Atlantic
this season, which is well above the annual average of 12 systems per
season.

A storm gets a name when sustained winds reach 39 mph.

Of those storms, the researchers expect nine to become hurricanes. The
oddsmakers say four of them will be Category 3 or higher storms with
winds of at least 111 mph.

Read more:
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2013-hurricane-season-average-article-1.1313633>

Lisa O.
FERRET
Ferretemergency.org

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