Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003 — Atlantic hurricane activity should be slightly above average in September and October, according to the most recent forecast released by the meteorological team led by William Gray. In Wednesday‘s forecast, the Colorado State University team predicts two hurricanes each in both September and October, with a total of seven hurricanes out of 14 named storms for the entire 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Nov. 30. That‘s a decrease of one hurricane from the team‘s August prediction of eight hurricanes, but is still above the 50-year average of 5.9 hurricanes per season.
To date, there have been 10 named storms this season, including Hurricane Fabian, which as of Wednesday was on course to pass near Bermuda later in the week.