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Expect Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season, Say Forecasters

National News • May 27, 2008
The nation's annual forecast about how many hurricanes the Atlantic Ocean will churn up is now more like the daily weather report. Forecasters added probabilities to their 2008 report. It's the ...

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Subject: RE: RE: Useless Information

Posted On: June 2, 2008, 10:36 am CDT
Posted By: mx
Comment:
For 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 most if not all cat models got the hurricane seasons wrong in terms of frequency, severity or both. In fact in 2006 & 2007 many agencies did mid-hurricane season revisions to their original prognostications; and many missed on those as well.

It is a reminder that all models represent a hypothesis (i.e. educated best guess), and perhaps the past several hurricane seasons serve to reinforce that concept.
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IT's ON! wudchuck
Jun 2, 2008, 10:51 am
RE: RE: Useless Information mx
Jun 2, 2008, 10:36 am
RE: RE: No more ice for hurricane victims, says FEMA! ?? Gill Fin
May 28, 2008, 2:27 pm
RE: No more ice for hurricane victims, says FEMA! ?? LSG
May 28, 2008, 1:48 pm
RE: Useless Information Walter
May 28, 2008, 12:46 pm
RE: No more ice for hurricane victims, says FEMA! ?? wudchuck
May 27, 2008, 5:48 pm
No more ice for hurricane victims, says FEMA! ?? .
May 27, 2008, 5:37 pm
Useless Information Dread
May 27, 2008, 1:28 pm
# of Hurricanes! Mongoose
May 27, 2008, 1:14 pm
RE: # of Hurricanes! Ratemaker
May 27, 2008, 11:53 am
# of Hurricanes! wudchuck
May 27, 2008, 8:40 am
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