A noted hurricane researcher is predicting eight hurricanes will form in the Atlantic this year, and says four of them will be major. ...more

June 4, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA - Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow near the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every word. ...more

June 1, 2008

The Atlantic Basin should have normal or above normal hurricane activity this year, which means residents in vulnerable areas - like the Gulf Coast - should take measured precautions, meteorologists said. ...more

May 23, 2008

Conditions are in place for an active hurricane season, with government scientists predicting an above-average number of storms in 2008. ...more

May 23, 2008

NOAA: LIKELIHOOD OF TWO TO FIVE MAJOR HURRICANES THIS YEAR ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA (AP) — The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season should be about as bad as normal or slightly busier, with a good chance of six to nine hurricanes forming, federal forecasters said Thursday in a new way of predicting how active the season could be. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also said 12 to 16 named storms and two to five major hurricanes could form in the season that starts June 1 and ends Nov. 30. They said there is only a 60 to 70 percent chance for their predictions to come true, the first time officials gave a probability. They want people to realize the forecasts are uncertain, to avoid complacency that can occur when previous forecasts were wrong. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Top government forecasters are expected to reveal their calculations on the severity of the coming hurricane season. ...more

May 22, 2008

WASHINGTON - Global warming isn't to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject. ...more

May 18, 2008

The rapid pace of development along hurricane-prone coasts is adding a new level of urgency for forecasters to more accurately pinpoint potential storm impact zones, the director of the National Hurricane Center said Monday. ...more

May 13, 2008

When storms were hammering most of Florida on Tuesday, the weather service's alert radio system for Melbourne and Orlando went off the air, one for more than four hours. ...more

February 14, 2008