# Prediction of 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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The United States and countries in and bordering the Caribbean Basin should experience fewer storms and hurricanes in 2000 than in recent years, according to the Colorado State University hurricane forecast team‘s initial prediction. 

William Gray, a nationally recognized hurricane expert, and his colleagues are calling for a "moderate" season in 2000 with 11 named storms, seven hurricanes and three intense hurricanes predicted. 

While above the long-term average, the 2000 forecast calls for fewer storms than occurred in the years 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999. The team is calling for an above-average probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall. 

Their record for the 1999 season was one of the best in the 16 years the seasonal forecasts have been issued.