Colorado State University Team Predicts Above-Average 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season in 30th Year of Forecasting

Courtesty of Henry Rodriguez        Released by Colorado State Universtiy     Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Colorado State University team today predicted an above-average 2013 Atlantic basin hurricane season due primarily to anomalous warming of the tropical Atlantic and expected lack of an El Nino event.

CSU is in its 30th year of issuing Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts.

The team calls for 18 named storms during the hurricane season, which falls between June 1 and Nov. 30. Nine of those are expected to become hurricanes and four of those major hurricanes (Saffir/Simpson category 3-4-5) with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater.

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