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| | 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation, or ATC, is a density-driven circulation in the Atlantic Basin that undergoes cycles on decadal timescales. |
 | | The North Atlantic Oscillation, or NAO, is the fluctuation in 500 millibar heights in the northern Atlantic, primarily between western Europe, Iceland, Greenland, and the Canadian Maritimes. |
 | | For warm ATC seasons, the average number of named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes in the Mean Development Region when the March NAO is positive is 6.4, 3.7, and 1.4 respectively. |
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