And although 2006 has proved thus far to be calm, meteorology savants say we're just in a hiatus during a possible decades-long bout of Atlantic hurricanes.
Bonds specializing in North Atlantic hurricanes are especially popular.
During all of 2004, the entire Atlantic basin saw nine hurricanes, with six of them reaching major hurricane status.
An average Atlantic season produces six hurricanes, Lepore said.
As Hurricane Irene hammers the Eastern Seaboard, the battles over the link between global warming and more frequent and ferocious hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean has resurfaced in the blogosphere.
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The backcourt that guided the Hurricanes to their first Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship now has them positioned to add the tournament title, too.
You already have, and published the link to a paper that shows exactly that the frequency of hurricanes in the North Atlantic have in fact increased.
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The authors are saying that the reason that there are fewer hurricanes in the northern hemisphere overall is because there are so many more hurricanes in the North Atlantic.
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When the conveyor is moving fast, it warms the North Atlantic, promoting the formation of strong hurricanes.
Also, Duncan said that Miami was incorrect in its assertion that the NCAA was "incompetent, unprofessional, and uncooperative" in the timing of how basketball guard Durand Scott was declared ineligible on the very day the Hurricanes began play in the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
In 2005 the Atlantic hurricane season contained 28 storms, including 15 hurricanes.
They forecast 10 named storms in the Atlantic Basin, of which only four will become hurricanes and two will become major hurricanes.
"This year, oceanic and atmospheric conditions in the Atlantic basin are expected to produce more and stronger hurricanes, " said Gerry Bell, the center's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster.
One after another, hurricanes and tropical storms continue to drive out of the Atlantic over the weekend.
Warm conditions in the Atlantic and cooler conditions than normal in the Pacific Ocean also have forced the jet stream farther north and created a corridor for newly born hurricanes to move unimpeded from the ocean waters up the Atlantic coast, Liu said.
This has been done by Kam-Biu Liu, of Louisiana State University, who has looked for traces of old hurricanes in the ponds that line much of America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Marcus Georges-Hunt followed his own miss with a tip-in at the buzzer Wednesday night, and the Yellow Jackets rallied past the Hurricanes 71-69 to prevent them from clinching the outright Atlantic Coast Conference title.
For the Atlantic Ocean, a normal season would produce 12 named storms, including six hurricanes and three major ones.
Forecasters predict an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center said.
The senior scored a career-high 36 points in his return from a foot injury that had sidelined him since January, helping the third-ranked Blue Devils beat the Hurricanes 79-76 on Saturday night in a matchup of the Atlantic Coast Conference's top teams.
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