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Forecast for 2005: Another Busy Hurricane Season
By Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Senior Writer
posted: 03 December 2004
05:30 pm ET

On the heels of one of the most deadly hurricane seasons in memory, a top forecaster is calling for another busy year in the Atlantic basin for 2005.

"We foresee a slightly above-average hurricane season for the Atlantic basin in 2005," Colorado State University forecaster William Gray said Friday. "Also, an above-average probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall is anticipated. We do not, however, expect anything close to the U.S. landfalling hurricane activity of 2004."

Gray and his colleagues predict 11 named tropical storms for the Atlantic Basin, which includes the Gulf of Mexico, in 2005. Of those, they expect six to become hurricanes, and three of those to become major hurricanes with sustained winds of 111 mph or stronger.

The odds of at least one major storm hitting the U.S. coast is 69 percent, he said.

This year's hurricane season, when ended Nov. 30, saw a whopping 15 named storms, nine hurricanes, and six major hurricanes.

Gray has for 22 years been making long-range hurricane predictions, based on such factors as multi-year trends, current sea surface temperatures in the tropics, and factors seemingly far away like rainfall in Africa and the El Nino cycle in the Pacific. The forecast will be revised periodically up to and even into next season.

The Atlantic Basin season next year begins, as always, on June 1.

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Looks like that beachfront property might not be exactly what some people wanted afterall. [img]eek.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by cincygreg:
Looks like that beachfront property might not be exactly what some people wanted afterall. [img]eek.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree, Craig. I personally am looking for a nice trailer park.

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Snow falls on Vegas Strip as winter storm hits southern Nevada

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - For a moment Friday, the view over the pool at the Mandalay Bay resort stopped casino workers in their tracks.

"It's snowing in Las Vegas," hotel spokesman Gordon Absher said as a winter storm swept into southern Nevada. "We looked out over the lagoon, and there's snow over the palm trees."

"It's beautiful," said Wendy Williams, an employee at Caesars Palace hotel-casino. "People are all, like, 'What's going on?'"

It's been about a year since a rare desert snowfall on the Las Vegas Strip, and Williams said her husband reported snow was falling heavier in the northwest neighborhood of Summerlin.

A dusting on cars was also reported in hillside neighborhoods across the Las Vegas valley in Henderson.

"We've got it all over," said Lisa Anderson, a Las Vegas police spokeswoman. She said that besides traffic tie-ups and fender-benders, no major problems were reported.

A Dec. 30, 2003, snowstorm was the first in five years to deposit an inch or two of snow on cars, trees, sidewalks and roads.

The National Weather Service predicted rain throughout the weekend in southern Nevada, with wind and heavy snow in the mountains.

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It's GREG not Craig.

As in cincyGREG! Wow, that's a tough one to figure out isnt it? LOL!


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Rut Roh....we are planning a cruise in July....I don't hink Hurricane season starts til August though.

BTW Gulf Shores can't afford another hit. My friend's condo still isn't being rented yet...I think Jan 15th is the ready date. Since all 6 pools were literally lifted out of the ground....they don't anticpate a pool until summer. They do have a pool outlined in orange in the sand though.

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