‘Very Active’ Hurricane Season Predicted; Global Warming Effect on Hurricanes Debunked

The East and Gulf Coast regions are gearing up for what has been predicted to be a much more active hurricane season than normal. According to forecasters at the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University, 17 tropical storms—nine of them hurricanes, five of those reaching magnitudes of a Category 3, 4, or 5—will develop during the 2007 hurricane season. The season begins on June 1 and ends on Nov. 30.

The hurricane prediction team led by William Gray and Phil Klotzbach also predicts that at least one major hurricane will make landfall in the U.S.

Media attention has swirled around increased hurricane activity and global warming, however, research conducted by Klotzbach has shown that despite rising sea temperatures that has occurred during the past three decades, the number of hurricanes and their intensity have not shown increases in recent years except in the Atlantic, where recent hurricane increases are likely a result of naturally occurring oceanic variations.

Source: Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project forecast

Posted: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:00:00 AM. Modified: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:45:18 AM.

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