Experts lower hurricane forecast to 5
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Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.
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A noted hurricane forecaster on Tuesday predicted the Atlantic hurricane season will see just two more tropical storms and no more "major" hurricanes.
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A noted storm forecaster offered  Floridians some good news on Friday as they mopped up from an  unprecedented four hurricanes in six weeks by forecasting that  the disastrous Atlantic hurricane season will go out with a  whimper rather than a bang.
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Hurricane Gordon was downgraded to a Category 1 storm Friday and Tropical Storm Helene strengthened as both storms churned in the open Atlantic, but neither immediately threatened land, forecasters said.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Sept. 6, 2004 - Islanders scrambled to put up storm shutters and stock up on supplies as the fourth major hurricane of the season churned closer to the Caribbean, packing sustained winds of 105 mph.
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Hurricane Jeanne is bearing down on the Caribbean nation with 160-kilometre-an-hour winds and drenching rains. In Florida, residents have been alerted that hurricane conditions were possible in the next 36 hours.
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An intensifying Hurricane Jeanne bore down on storm-ravaged Floridaâs Atlantic coast Saturday, as officials predicted widespread devastation from its 115 mph-plus winds, tornadoes and storm surge.
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The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season should be slightly less active than originally predicted, federal forecasters said Tuesday.
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CHICAGO, June 14  /PRNewswire/ -- At the Downes-O'Neill/eDairy 4th Annual Outlook Conference yesterday, noted climatologist Drew Lerner predicted that the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season would be marked by approximately 15 "named" storms, including nine hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
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Typhoon Tokage, the season&#39;s 27th tropical storm and the biggest to hit Japan in more than a decade, is gradually losing strength and may be downgraded to a low- pressure front today.
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There will be four to six major hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this season, the National Hurricane Center predicted Monday.
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Friday, September 17, 2004 - After rising to Hurricane status and battering Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic yesterday, Tropical Storm Jeanne has been downgraded and continues to weaken, although experts warn it may regain speed in the warm waters
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Tropical Storm Noel weakened as it moved along northern Cuba on Tuesday, but the storm that killed more than a dozen people in the Dominican Republic was expected to become a minor hurricane as it neared the Bahamas.
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Watching for changes in the inner eyewall of a hurricane may help forecasters overcome one of their most perplexing challenges: predicting sudden strengthening or weakening.
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The Bahamian government has issued a hurricane watch in the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday. The watch issued at 11 a.m. EDT means that hurricane conditions of winds of at least 74 mph are possible within 36 hours.
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Weather forecasters have again downgraded their forecast for this hurricane season, this time because of the possibility of a weather phenomenon called El Ni&#241;o.
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The cruise-line operator lowers guidance and keeps an eye on hurricane season and the Caribbean.