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Researcher raises his hurricane forecast for Atlantic coast
12:08 PM EDT on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- A noted hurricane researcher has revised his Atlantic forecast upward and now calls for a total of nine hurricanes this season -- an increase of one.
Former Colorado State University climatologist William Gray says five of the hurricanes will be major.
The forecast issued today includes hurricanes Bertha and Dolly last month.
April and June forecasts by Gray and his team at Colorado State said there would be 15 named storms in the Atlantic. Today's revision calls for 17, including the five already recorded.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in May forecast 12 to 16 named storms, including six to nine hurricanes.
The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1st and runs through November 30th.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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