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HUGO team at CCU forecasts ‘slightly below normal’ hurricane season for 2017

The Hurricane Genesis & Outlook (HUGO) Project at Coastal Carolina University anticipates a “slightly below normal” hurricane season in 2017, according to its extended range forecast for the North Atlantic released June 23.
Scenarios for the 2017 hurricane season are dependent on a number of factors, according to Len Pietrafesa, research professor in CCU’s Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies (BCCMWS) and leader of the HUGO team.

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