When the 2007 hurricane season came to a close at the end of November, storm forecasters at the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University must have felt some confliction over the events that occurred — or more specifically, the ones that didn't.
While much storm activity was predicted, the fact that not much actually played out seems more like a reason for celebration, not dejection. Unless, of course, it's your job to make those predictions. Therefore, there was a fair amount of defeat in the forecasters' summary report for 2007, in which they admitted that, for the most part, their predictions failed to reflect actual events.
"Our 2007 seasonal hurricane forecast was not particularly successful," said Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray, who co-authored several hurricane prediction reports and updates throughout the year. "We anticipated an above-average season, and the season had activity at approximately average levels."
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