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                                    More to come in busy Atlantic hurricane season







By Jim Loney
Fri Sep 19, 2008
 
MIAMI (Reuters) - The 10 tropical storms and hurricanes that ripped through the Atlantic and Caribbean during this busy hurricane season savaged Haiti, Cuba and the U.S. Gulf coast, and conditions are now ripe for more.
 
Residents of the Atlantic-Caribbean danger zone should not let down their guard, despite a brief lull in the action following Tropical Storm Josephine's demise two weeks ago and Hurricane Ike's strike on the Texas coast, experts said.

"Conditions are still favorable for hurricanes. People really need to stay on their toes," said Gerry Bell, the lead hurricane season forecaster for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Forecasters had predicted the season, which runs through November 30, could produce up to 18 cyclones, and the warm sea temperatures, low wind shear and other factors that contribute to the formation of hurricanes are still in place.

Water in the Caribbean and Atlantic is warmer than usual by 0.9 to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (0.5 to 1.5 degrees Celsius), Bell said. Hurricanes feed on warm sea water.

Patches of cooler water, drawn from the depths by the passage of powerful hurricanes like Ike and Gustav, have appeared around Cuba and in the Gulf of Mexico, but they are not likely to have a big impact on future storms.

Wind shear, which is the difference in wind speeds at different levels of the atmosphere and which can disrupt nascent hurricanes, is relatively low.

El Nino, the eastern Pacific warm water phenomenon that can dampen Atlantic storm formation, has not developed. Neutral El Nino conditions are expected for the rest of the season, experts said.

"Through October 15th I would not let my guard down on the (U.S.) eastern seaboard at all," AccuWeather forecaster Joe Bastardi said, predicting another three to five storms.

"Between the 25th (of September) and 15th of October the Caribbean will light up, but first, something may form off the Carolinas," he said.
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