Official Hurricane Forecast
* The government has issued their forecast for the 2005 hurricane season, and they are looking for a very active year. Here's an excerpt from an e-mail I received today from Gary Beeler, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mobile:NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) released their forecast of the upcoming hurricane season for this year today at Stennis International Airport.
NOAA's
numbers...
12-15 named storms (Average is 9-10)
7-9 hurricanes (Average is 5-6)
3-5 major hurricanes -Cat 3 or higher- (Average is 2-3)
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 5:01 PM
1 Comments:
The Atlantic waters are reported to be warmer than normal. Also...Only one hurricane (actually a tropical storm) has hit Mississippi during the month of May. On May 28, 1959 Hurricane Arlene, a Cat 0 storm, moved inland at New Iberia, LA moving northeast across Winston and Noxubee
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