Forecasters further downgrade hurricane season to ‘well below-normal’
After months of predicting a “below normal” hurricane season, weather researchers at Colorado State University further downgraded their forecast on Tuesday and now expect even fewer tropical storms than average to form in the Atlantic this year. Forecasters now anticipate nine named storms, includi...
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Forecasters further downgrade hurricane season to ‘well below-normal’
After months of predicting a “below normal” hurricane season, weather researchers at Colorado State University further downgraded their forecast on Tuesday and now expect even fewer tropica...
