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Hurricane Update: Nine Named Storms Likely

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For Immediate Release – August 15th, 2008

Media Contact:                       
Cynthia Greenwood
GreenMark Public Relations                   
847-404-8404
cgreenwood@greenmarkpr.com
                   
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Aug. 14, 2008) – It is no surprise to us here at the Farmers' Almanac that tropical cyclone activity is beginning to "perk up." Although June 1 is the official start of hurricane season in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean waters, June and most of July are usually "slack" months. It’s not until we get toward the latter days of July and into August -- after the water has had a chance to warm -- that activity begins to ramp up.
   
In the 2008 Farmers’ Almanac, we warned that an active tropical season is expected, with the “Gulf Coast directly in the crosshairs for hurricanes in mid-July, mid-August and mid-September.” In fact, Hurricane Dolly hit the Gulf Coast in mid-July.

Farmers’ Almanac forecasts deal only with potential land falling cases to the U.S. and Canada. Far more tropical systems form and affect other regions that are not mentioned in our long-range outlooks. The almanac is 80 percent confident that we will have a total of least nine named storms this season. (To receive a name, a storm must have sustained winds of 39 mph, which makes it a tropical storm.) That will bring us up to the letter I ("Ike"). We think the odds are only 20 to 40 percent that we'll see as many as 12 or 13 named storms ("Laura" would be the 12th; "Marco" the 13th).
 
Typical tropical activity peaks around September 10. The season officially comes to an end on November 30. To learn if a hurricane is predicted near you, visit www.FarmersAlmanac.com. Information on the top 10 deadliest hurricanes is featured in the 2009 Farmers’ Almanac which goes on sale Aug. 26. To pre-order, visit www.FarmersAlmanac.com.

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