http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2225.htm

May 17, 2004 — NOAA forecasters are predicting an above-normal
Atlantic hurricane season. At a news conference Monday in Houston,
Texas, NOAA officials said the season outlook is for 12 to 15 tropical
storms, with six to eight systems becoming hurricanes, and two to four
of those major hurricanes.

Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency officials
joined NOAA in urging Gulf and Atlantic Coast states to be prepared for
an active season, which runs from June 1 through November 30.

....

“NOAA’s 2004 Atlantic hurricane season outlook indicates a 50
percent probability of an above-normal season, a 40 percent probability
of a near-normal season and only a 10 percent chance of a below-normal
season,” said retired Air Force Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, director
of the NOAA National Weather Service. Similar seasons averaged two to
three landfalling hurricanes in the continental United States, and one
to two hurricanes in the region around the Caribbean Sea.

May 16-22 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week.

....

peace,

-*-
Charles M. Kozierok )
Co-moderator, ne.weather.moderated (news:ne.weather.moderated)
Join us for weather info and discussion in a civil, low-noise environment.
Contact me for assistance in having ne.weather.moderated added to your server.


--
This article was auto-posted by the ne.weather.moderated Weatherbot
program. The author is solely responsible for its content.

ne.weather.moderated FAQ/Charter: http://www.panix.com/~newm/faq.txt
ne.weather.moderated moderators e-mail:
(Please put "wx" or "weather" in the subject line to avoid the spam block.)