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Month: April 2018

World Meteorological Organization retires four Atlantic storm names

World Meteorological Organization retires four Atlantic storm names

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Thursday morning at the 40th session of the RA IV hurricane committee that they had retired four Atlantic storm names from List III of the six rotating hurricane naming lists. The WMO retired the names Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate – the four most destructive storms of the costliest-on-record 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.  They have been replaced with Harold, Idalia, Margot and Nigel respectively. The four names retired is the most since the 2005…

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CSU, TSR release differing forecasts for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season

CSU, TSR release differing forecasts for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season

Two of the most well known hurricane season forecast groups both released their preliminary April outlooks for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season Thursday. Colorado State University (CSU), led by Dr. Philip J. Klotzbach and Michael M. Bell, as well as Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), led by Professor Mark Saunders and Dr. Adam Lea, released outlooks with very different predictions.  However, both of these groups believe that the upcoming hurricane season, which officially begins in only eight weeks, will be less…

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