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Byline: Ken Kaye
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ The early prediction for this year's Atlantic hurricane season: anxiety.
Noted prognosticator William Gray on Friday forecast the season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, would be considerably more active than normal, with 13 named storms. Seven would be hurricanes, including three intense systems _ and one or two of those could easily strike the U.S. coast.
The season could be even busier, Gray said, if El Nino, an atmospheric condition that inhibits storm formation, fails to emerge by summer.
If his forecast holds true, this year would be similar to last year, when 15 named storms,…
Source: HighBeam Research, Hurricane season may be more active than normal, expert says.