AccuWeather.com has joined two forecast teams calling for a relatively slow hurricane season. It predicts 10 named storms, including five hurricanes, two intense.
In April, Phil Klotzbach and William Gray of Colorado State University and Tropical Storm Risk of London also forecast a below average storm season. They attributed it to the possible rise of El Niño, the hurricane-killing weather pattern.
Despite the lukewarm forecast, AccuWeather hurricane expert Dan Kottlowski noted a devastating storm still could hit the United States, as Hurricane Andrew proved in 1992.
– Ken Kaye