October 03, 2006
Hurricane season: Over

This is either the best news you'll read today or a sure sign that we're all doomed. You decide.


Hurricane expert William Gray downgraded his forecast for the 2006 Atlantic storm season again today, predicting one more hurricane, two more named storms but 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 El Nino conditions for the reduced number of storms.

"August was inactive, but September had above-average activity," Klotzbach said. "We expect October to have below-average activity largely due to developing El Nino conditions in the central and eastern Pacific. November activity in El Nino years is very rare."


Three cheers for El Nino!

Posted by Charles Kuffner on October 03, 2006 to Hurricane Katrina | TrackBack
Comments

I see that's only for the Atlantic hurricanes season. What about we Pacific Ocean people? Does the story cover that? Do the scientists mention that? No!

We're all gonna die! ;)

Posted by: Linkmeister on October 4, 2006 2:07 AM