NU Online News Service, Dec. 8, 12:16 p.m. EST
Forecasters are predicting another busy hurricane season next year after coming off a very busy 2010 season that Colorado State University forecasters accurately predicted.
The team of Philip Klotzbach and William Gray at Colorado State University's (CSU) Tropical Meteorology Project are projecting 17 named storms, including nine hurricanes and five major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale (sustained winds of 111 mph or higher) for next year.
The team said the numbers are close to what was experienced during the 2010 season in the Atlantic basin. The hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
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