Post by HerMajesty on May 19, 2003 23:17:46 GMT -5
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- There is a "high likelihood" that this year's Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1, will be busier than usual, U.S. government forecasters said Monday.
Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationare predicting 11 to 15 tropical storms over the season, which officially ends on November 30.
Six to nine of the storms are expected to become hurricanes, two to four of them "major storms," reaching Category 2 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson (What is that??) scale, he said. Category 2 storms pack winds of 96 mph to 110 mph. Category 5 is highest on the scale, with winds exceeding 155 mph.
The average Atlantic hurricane season has 10 tropical storms, with six reaching hurricane strength and two hurricanes classified as major storms.
"Whether these predictions turn out to be true or not true, I can guarantee you that there will be some sort of tropical storm, there will be some sort of hurricane," Forecaster Mike Brown said. "If not those, there will be some major rain storms, there will be some flooding and to the extent that we can prepare the population for those kinds of incidents the better off all of us are."
Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationare predicting 11 to 15 tropical storms over the season, which officially ends on November 30.
Six to nine of the storms are expected to become hurricanes, two to four of them "major storms," reaching Category 2 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson (What is that??) scale, he said. Category 2 storms pack winds of 96 mph to 110 mph. Category 5 is highest on the scale, with winds exceeding 155 mph.
The average Atlantic hurricane season has 10 tropical storms, with six reaching hurricane strength and two hurricanes classified as major storms.
"Whether these predictions turn out to be true or not true, I can guarantee you that there will be some sort of tropical storm, there will be some sort of hurricane," Forecaster Mike Brown said. "If not those, there will be some major rain storms, there will be some flooding and to the extent that we can prepare the population for those kinds of incidents the better off all of us are."
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