FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The quick start for the 2003 Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season is forecast to slow down over the next two months.
There were four named storms and two hurricanes in
the Atlantic before the end of July, getting the 2003 hurricane season off to a quick start.
But William Gray and the Colorado State University hurricane forecast team issued a report Wednesday calling for a change in the pattern and predicting lower-than-average storm activity for August and September.
Gray and his team are calling for near average storm activity for the remainder of the 2003 hurricane season but maintain their prediction for an above-average season overall.
Gray is predicting 14 named storms, eight hurricanes and three major hurricanes. That's slightly above average but four of those storms and two hurricanes have already occurred.
