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NOAA’s Updated Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Calls for an Increased Chance of a Below-normal Season

2014 Atlantic hurricane outlook Update. (Credit:NOAA)Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014. Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center raised the likelihood for a below-normal season in today’s update to the Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook. The update predicts a 70 percent chance of a below-normal season, a 25 percent chance of a near-normal season and only a five percent chance of an above-normal season. The probabilities in the initial outlook issued on May 22 were 50 percent, 40 percent and 10 percent, respectively.

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