Nine Atlantic hurricanes expected in '07
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The Colorado State University hurricane research team renewed its forecast for an "above average" 2007 Atlantic storm season on Thursday and predicted 17 tropical storms, with nine growing to hurricane strength.
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The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should have above-average activity, a top hurricane researcher said Friday.
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By Halverson, Jeffrey B THE OFFICIAL TALLY FOR THE 2006 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON STANDS AT nine named storms, slightly below the average of 10 per year. Of its own accord, the statistic hardly seems unusual; nine is just a slight dip below long-term expectations.
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A noted U.S. hurricane forecaster said on Tuesday there will be just one more hurricane this year, a welcome relief after the devastation caused last year by hurricanes like Katrina.
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The prediction is for fewer hurricanes than last season. But it's still a perfect storm of hurricane-favoring conditions
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The weakened storm was expected to veer out over the Atlantic before hitting the Carolinas Thursday.
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Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened over the Atlantic Ocean on Friday and U.S. forecasters said it may soon become a hurricane.
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A noted U.S. hurricane forecaster said on  Tuesday there will be just one more hurricane this year, a  welcome relief after the devastation caused last year by  hurricanes like Katrina.
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Tropical Storm Ingrid emerged over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, becoming the ninth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic season, the US National Hurricane Center said.
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Charley, Frances and Ivan. Three major hurricanes. Two assaults on Florida already and possibly a third by next week. Get used to it.
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The Colorado State University hurricane forecast team Friday called for a slightly below-average hurricane season with only five hurricanes instead of the seven earlier forecast. It is second time they had revised downward their forecast in a month.
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Nearly eight weeks have passed since the last tropical storm in the Atlantic-Caribbean region faded away, but banish any notion the 2007 hurricane season has been unusually slow and beware the coming months, experts say.
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The ninth tropical depression of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season formed Wednesday in the central Atlantic, but it was not expected to become a hurricane or threaten land, forecasters said.
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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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Tropical Storm Ingrid, the ninth named storm of the 2007 hurricane season, weakened slightly on Friday as it churned far out in the Atlantic and may dissipate in the next two days, U.S. forecasters said.
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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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The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season should be slightly less active than originally predicted, federal forecasters said Tuesday.