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	NOAA News Online (Story 911)
		Hurricanes have a devastating impact on our economy, causing billions of dollars in losses and damages, but the human toll can also be very high when people aren't prepared.
		August 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, one of the nation's costliest hurricanes.
		The Atlantic Hurricane Outlook is a consolidated team effort consisting of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, the Hurricane Research Division and the National Hurricane Center.
	www.noaanews.noaa.gov /stories/s911.htm (882 words)

	2002 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In spite of notorious hurricanes such as Isidore and Lili, the season was relatively quiet, due largely to unfavorable conditions fostered by an El Niño period.
		Lili was the deadliest storm of the season, with 13 deaths attributed to it.
		Hurricane Lili was an intense hurricane that caused deaths and destruction across the Windward Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and Louisiana in late September and early October.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_Atlantic_hurricane_season (2009 words)

	Hurricane Lili - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Lili was a powerful hurricane during the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season that caused damage across the Caribbean and into Louisiana.
		Lili was a well-observed hurricane at its final landfall in Louisiana, as three mobile radars were deployed to the area of predicted landfall, including the National Severe Storms Laboratory's SMART Radar.
		Tropical cyclones of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Lili (681 words)

	CNN.com - 2002 Atlantic hurricane season gears up - May 31, 2002
		In the 10 years since Andrew's destruction, the National Hurricane Center and NOAA have acquired improved computers, environmental satellites and have achieved a better understanding of global climate patterns necessary to track a storm's path and predict its severity.
		One of the most cutting-edge pieces of hurricane tracking technology developed in 1997 is a hardy device dubbed the Dropwindsonde, said National Hurricane Center public affairs officer Frank Le Pore.
		Hurricanes typically begin as lines of thunderstorms or areas of disturbed weather, said Le Pore.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WEATHER/05/30/hur02.overview (1095 words)

	UPDATED FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE
		This forecast is based on both statistical and analog analyses of prior hurricane seasons which had atmospheric and oceanic conditions similar to what we anticipate to be in place during the 2002 hurricane season.
		This will likely be a modest suppressing influence on 2002 hurricane activity but is not expected to be a major inhibiting influence as were the very strong El Niño events during either 1997 or the events during 1986-87, 1982-83, and 1972 when the Atlantic thermohaline circulation was weak.
		We will be issuing seasonal updates of our 2002 Atlantic basin hurricane activity forecast on 31 May (to coincide with the official start of the 2002 hurricane season on 1 June) and 7 August 2002.
	typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu /forecasts/2002/april2002 (5544 words)

	Caribbean Hurricane Network - stormCARIB.com - Local Reports on Tropical Systems threatening the Caribbean Islands
		The reports from the special hurricane correspondents indicate that most of the damage done by this tropical storm was north of the center.
		All quiet on the Atlantic basin front as westerly shear, (continuing late for this time of year), combined with high pressure quite low in the central Atlantic, and a few other minor factors have contributed to a calm one-third start to the 2002 Hurricane season.
		And indeed, Dr.Gray downgraded it's hurricane forecast for this season.
	stormcarib.com /hurr02.htm (6749 words)

	ScienceDaily: Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook: Another Above Normal Season Expected (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In contrast to the Atlantic, a below-normal hurricane season is expected in the Eastern and Central Pacific.
		Season -- A season is one of the major divisions of the year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in weather.
		The cause of the seasons is the fact that the Earth's axis is not perpendicular to its...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/07/050710102939.htm (1056 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/2002 Pacific hurricane season
		The 2002 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 2002 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 2002 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 2002.
		The scope of this article is confined to those storms monitored by the U.S. National Hurricane Center, which is all tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere east of 140 degrees west longitude, and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Hawaii, which monitors tropical cyclones from 180W (the international date line) to 140W.
		The name "Kenna" was retired by the World Meteorological Organization, and will be replaced in the 2008 Pacific hurricane season by "Karina".
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/2002_Pacific_hurricane_season (204 words)

	Summary of the 2002 Atlantic Hurricane Season
		The 2002 Atlantic Hurricane Season was not as active as recent years, but still had a good deal of storms, and many of those made landfall over some point on the United States coastline.
		The four hurricanes in 2002 fell slightly below the average number of hurricanes in a season, which is five while the number of major hurricanes was also slightly lower than the average of 2.3 per season.
		The 2002 Atlantic Hurricane Season was dominated mostly by a large number of named storms.
	www.hurricaneville.com /2002.html (847 words)

	UPDATED FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE
		Atlantic SSTA patterns are expected to be neutral, causing little enhancing of 2002 hurricane activity.
		The North Atlantic SSTA patterns in 1988-89 were warmer and a-typical of the overall weak thermohaline period of 1970-1994.
		The hurricane seasons of 1988-89 were observed to be active and not typical of the generally below average hurricane seasons of the 1970 to 1994 period.
	typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu /forecasts/2002/june2002 (5494 words)

	CNN.com - Busy hurricane season predicted - May. 21, 2003
		The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season was a mild one, producing 12 named storms, of which four became hurricanes.
		Hurricane Lili was the only hurricane to make landfall in the United States, hitting the Louisiana coast in early October.
		Hurricane experts attributed the mildness of the 2002 season to the strengthening El Nino system, in which water warms in the Pacific Ocean off of South America, affecting weather around the world.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WEATHER/05/19/hurricane.predictions/index.html (547 words)

	El Niño Expected To Impact Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Reports
		Since the May hurricane season outlook, Laver said El Niño has strengthened, and is now expected to reduce Atlantic hurricane activity.
		“Hurricane Andrew, one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history, happened in a season with below-average activity, and 10 years later, there are some areas of south Florida that will never be the same,” Mayfield said.
		The Atlantic hurricane season outlook is a joint effort of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, Hurricane Research Division and National Hurricane Center.
	www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov /releases2002/aug02/noaa02101.html (405 words)

	NOAA News Online (Story 1067)
		November 25, 2002 — The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season that officially ends Nov. 30, produced only four hurricanes due to a strengthening El Niño, said NOAA hurricane specialists.
		Hurricanes Lili and Isidore were classified as major (category 3 or higher on the Saffir Simpson hurricane scale).
		Hurricane forecasters at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Hurricane Research Division and National Hurricane Center correctly forecast climate conditions, including the El Niño, would reduce the overall hurricane activity this season.
	www.noaanews.noaa.gov /stories/s1067.htm (899 words)

	2002 Florida Hurricane Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		MELBOURNE, Fla - The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season is about to open full throttle with the historically busy months of August and September looming.
		The third edition of the book, published by University Press of Florida, is a publication that's a must read for weather aficionados, historians and anyone who lives in the potential path of these terrors of the tropics.
		Williams says once the season ramps up in the next two months, the number of tropical storms could be high.
	www.floridacapitalnews.com /hurricane/stories/072402canebook.htm (460 words)

	www.spidion.com - Weather Forecast, Air, Aviation, Hazards, Huracanes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hurricanes typhones and tropical cyclones Is an excellent source for tropical weather related phenomenon such as hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones.
		Hurricane season gulf coast The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season will likely have Gulf Coast states to be prepared throughout the season, which runs June 1 through Nov. In the central Pacific, NOAA hurricane.
		Hurricane emily and texas WJLA ABC 7 News - South Texas Residents Prepare for Emily-South Texas residents boarded up windows, put sandbags in flood-prone areas and moved their RVs from the edge of a beachside park that could be swamped by Hurricane Emily.
	www.spidion.com /content/chapter73.html (15070 words)

	Climate Prediction Center - Expert Assessments: NOrth Atlantic Hurricane Season Background Information
		However, the vast majority of tropical storm and hurricane activity typically occurs during the August-October period, which is considered the peak of the hurricane season.
		One such measure of seasonal activity is the Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index, which is calculated as the sum of the squares of the estimated 6-hourly maximum sustained wind speed (in units of knots) for all systems while they are at least tropical storm strength.
		The 1950-2000 seasonal mean and range of tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes during above normal, near normal, below normal, and all Atlantic hurricane seasons is summarized in the following table.
	www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov /products/outlooks/hurricane2002/hurricane2002_background.html (461 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hurricane experts see fewer Atlantic storms this year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Veteran hurricane forecaster William Gray and his team at Colorado State University said there will be eight named storms with winds of at least 39 mph.
		Tropical storms and hurricanes thrive when winds near the ocean's surface are moving in the same direction and at the same speed as winds aloft.
		Despite this year's diminished prediction, Gray's work forecasting seasonal hurricane activity over 19 seasons has locked in on an upswing in the number of Atlantic storms, a new era that his team says will be similar to the above-average seasons of the 1940s and 1950s.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2002/2002-08-07-hurricaneforecast.htm (808 words)

	USATODAY.com - Another active hurricane season expected for 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DENVER (AP) — Next year's Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than usual, one of the nation's leading hurricane forecasters predicted Friday.
		In their first forecast for the 2002 season, Colorado State University professor William Gray and his associates said they expect 13 named storms between June 1 and Nov. 30.
		He said destruction from hurricanes could be greater in 2002 than in past years due to coastal population growth.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/stories/2001/2001-12-07-gray-2002-forecast.htm (457 words)

	Climate Prediction Center - Expert Assessments: Atlantic Hurricane Outlook
		The combination of El Niño and the ongoing multi-decadal signal that remains conducive to hurricane formation, indicates a 50% probability of a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season, a 40% probability of a below-normal season, with a 10% probability of an above-normal season.
		Using the "Accumulated Cyclone Energy" (ACE) index as the basis for measuring overall seasonal activity (see Background Information), the total 2002 activity is expected to range between 60%-100% of the long-term median ACE value.
		The other primary climate factor influencing this year's seasonal activity is the ongoing multi-decadal signal, which is again evident in the favorable configuration of the African easterly jet and low-level westerly wind anomalies across the tropical Atlantic.
	www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov /products/outlooks/hurricane2002/August/background_information.html (887 words)

	Atlantic hurricane season is underway - 16 July 2002 - New Scientist
		The first major storm of the 2002 hurricane season has developed in the Atlantic, threatening to bring powerful winds to the east coast of Canada.
		But overall, the season should be relatively quiet, with fewer hurricanes and storms than any season for the past five years, according to weather experts.
		The last of these was Hurricane Michelle, which battered the coast of Cuba in November 2001, causing hundreds of millions of dollars of damage.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn2552 (441 words)

	weather.com - Boat and Beach News Results Page
		The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season kicks off this weekend, marking the beginning of six months of awareness, preparedness and planning for coastal residents.
		Top hurricane experts from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season outlook calls for nine to 13 tropical storms, with six to eight of those storms becoming hurricanes.
		Make a hurricane preparedness plan and also be sure to print out this handy supply list so you can stock up before a storm strikes.
	www.weather.com /newscenter/topstories/recreation/boatandbeach/020531xboatxtropicalseasonkickoff.html (527 words)

	CNN.com - 2002 Atlantic hurricane season gears up - May 29, 2002
		The prediction center estimates that nine to 13 tropical storms are predicted to incubate in the warm Atlantic Ocean waters during this year's hurricane season, which runs from June 1 till the end of November.
		Six to eight of these storms will develop into hurricanes, and between two and three of those storms will grow to be major hurricanes -- storms that pack wind speeds of greater than 111 mph -- the center said.
		The number of hurricanes that develop each season does not necessarily mean a storm will reach the U.S. coastline, NOAA experts said.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/fyi/news/05/29/hurricane.overview (991 words)

	www.outsideweather.com - World Weather Forecasts and News Online
		Sliders, and bifold hurricane shutters for the lanai.
		HURRICANE Emily is expected to strengthen as it any reports of serious damage and no immediate loss of life in along the so-called Mayan Riviera.
		Hurricane drinks and new orleans The bands were blaring on Bourbon Street, the bar tables were packed and the drinks were flowing.
	www.outsideweather.com /content/chapter43.html (15779 words)

	Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice
		As the recent 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Andrew spewed painful reminders of Mother Nature's nasty potential, forecasters have eased earlier hurricane forecasts, saying now that the rest of the year will likely not be as active as earlier anticipated.
		So, the probability of a below-normal season has increased from 20 percent to 40 percent compared to the outlook issued back in May. The likelihood of an above-normal season has decreased from 35 percent to 10 percent, and the probability of a near-normal season has increased slightly from 45 percent to 50 percent.
		Meanwhile, as 10 years have passed since Hurricane Andrew tore through Florida and Louisiana, killing 23, leaving 135,000 homes damaged or destroyed, and 86,000 people out of work, homes are being built to better withstand hurricanes and other disasters, according to the National Association of Home Builders Research Center.
	realtytimes.com /rtcpages/20020903_hurricane.htm (731 words)

	Hurricane Isidore Batters Cuba - 2002-09-20
		Hurricane Isidore is pummeling Cuba's westernmost tip with torrential rains and maximum sustained winds exceeding 160-kilometers an hour.
		Isidore is a moderate category-two hurricane on a one-to-five scale, moving slowly to the west-northwest.
		Isidore is the second hurricane in what has been a relatively quiet 2002 Atlantic hurricane season.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2002-09/a-2002-09-20-24-Hurricane.cfm (420 words)

	Atlantic Hurricane Names
		Because hurricanes often occur at the same time, officials assign short, distinctive names to the storms to avoid confusion among weather stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea.
		Hurricane Season - Hurricanes The deadliest, strongest, and costliest U.S. storms Hurricane Season 2005—the...
		Atlantic Hurricanes: Despite the lack of landfalling hurricanes in the United States, Allison was the deadliest and costliest tropical storm in the U.S. history.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0781539.html (297 words)

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