Can Researchers Forecast Hurricanes Seasons a Decade in Advance?

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By Andrew Moseman
Nov 8, 2010 11:15 PMNov 20, 2019 12:41 AM
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Every year, the coming of warmer weather in the spring brings with it the scientific parlor game of predicting how many storms the impending Atlantic hurricane season will bring. But could meteorological prognosticators soon begin to predict storms years in advance, and not just months, with some accuracy? It is possible, a team led by Doug Smith of the U.K.'s Met Office says. In a study in Nature Geoscience, Smith essentially modeled the climate of past to see if the team's system accurately predicted the Atlantic hurricane season.

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