Sentences with phrase «seasonal hurricane forecaster»

According to Gerry Bell, Ph.D., NOAA's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster, the major climate factors expected to influence this year's activity are the ongoing multi-decadal signal, which produces wind and atmospheric pressure patterns favorable for hurricane formation, along with ongoing warmer - than - normal sea surface temperatures.

the center's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Dr. Gerry Bell said.

The short version of my conversation with Dr. Gerry Bell, NOAA's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster, on the significance of having no August hurricanes is: «We have been fortunate to date, but don't be fooled.

«Fortunately, we've reduced the upper end, the number of major hurricanes,» said Gerry Bell, the lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at the Climate Prediction Center.

NOAA evaluates the accuracy of its seasonal forecasts each year, with the aim of seeing the number of storms fall in the given ranges at least 70 percent of the time, which they do consistently, Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster with NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, said.

Not exact matches

Those unexpectedly warm waters were what caused some of the seasonal forecasts to slightly underestimate the amount of storm activity in the Atlantic, Philip Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher and seasonal forecaster at Colorado State University, wrote at the Capital Weather Gang blog.

The truth is that scientists and forecasters don't really know what caused the lull during this season — which underscores the ongoing tentativeness of our understanding of what sparks individual hurricanes, and what causes their seasonal variability in general.

On average, the U.S. has been hit by two hurricanes per season since an active period of tropical activity began in 1995, said Gerry Bell, NOAA's lead hurricane seasonal forecaster, in an interview.