Forecast: Hurricane Season Far From Over

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Forecast: Hurricane Season Far From Over

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Amid the unfolding disaster left by Hurricane
Katrina, Colorado State University researchers said Friday they expect
more storms over the next two months.

"The very active season we have seen to this point is far from over,"
researcher Philip Klotzbach said. "We expect that by the time the 2005
hurricane season is over, we will witness seasonal tropical cyclone
activity at near-record levels."

The school's hurricane forecast team of William Gray and Klotzbach
said there is a 43 percent chance an intense hurricane will hit the
U.S. coast in September and a 15 percent chance in October. The
long-term average is 27 percent in September and 6 percent in October.

The forecasters predicted five named storms — four of them hurricanes
and two of those major — for September, traditionally the most active
month for hurricanes. The team predicted three named storms, two
hurricanes and one major hurricane in October.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050902/ap_on_sc/katrina_hurricane_forecast

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1. Tropical storms Lee and Maria formed this week.

Neither is considered to be a danger to any land mass, but the tropics will be active at least thru October.

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2. Maria is the earliest 13th named storm in recorded history.

Lee formed and died at unusually high latitudes.

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3. Maria has become a hurricane. It's going straight up the middle of the

Atlantic and is not a threat to land. Hopefully it will take some heat with it.

Two areas are under watch for development in the area of the Bahamas.