Weather forecasters tracking a previously powerful Category 3 hurricane in the mid-Atlantic said Monday it had weakened to a …
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Katia Reaches Hurricane Strength as Tropical Cyclone Looms in Gulf
Don’t look now, but Katia—that’s pronounced KA-tee-uh—just tipped from intensely simmering over to boiling in the middle of the Atlantic, becoming the second named hurricane of the season.
QUOTE: Forecasting Hurricanes Not an Exact Science
“Every storm comes up with a surprise. In this case it was one where it went downhill.”
— BILL READ, National Hurricane Center director, explaining there is still plenty of ground to cover in forecasting hurricanes, but he …
Specialist: Hurricane Irene Is Just the Beginning of an Active Season
Forecasters routinely get blamed for simply blowing hot air. But nobody accuses the National Hurricane Center of anything of the sort.
Ready or Not, Hurricane Irene Could Swing Past Florida as a Deadly Category 4
It’s been a while since a serious category-scary Atlantic hurricane’s scoured America’s shores head-on.