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7-Day Advance Hurricane Forecasts Not Far Away, Says Storm Center Chief

National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read said that science will improve to the point where forecasters can reliably issue forecasts showing where a hurricane will be a week ahead of time. “We’re two to five years from a seven-day forecast,” …

Hurricane Forecaster Delays 2012 Prediction Until Spring

Hurricane forecaster William Gray will wait until spring to predict how many storms will form in the Atlantic. Gray and his research partner at Colorado State University, Philip Klotzbach, usually start making predictions in December but this month, for the …

Active 2011 Hurricane Season Breaks ‘Hurricane Amnesia’

The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Wednesday, having produced a total of 19 tropical storms of which seven became hurricanes, including three major hurricanes. This level of activity matched predictions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and …

Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Revised

Federal storm watchers issued an updated 2011 Atlantic hurricane season outlook today, raising the number of expected named storms from its pre-season outlook issued in May. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said they are more confident …