Hurricane season is two months away, but forecasters are predicting an above-average 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. They are forecasting 18 tropical storms, nine of them turning into hurricanes. They say that of the nine predicted hurricanes, four should be major hurricanes — categories 3, 4 or 5 — with sustained wind speeds of 111 mph or greater.
The team's forecast in 2012 for 10 named storms and four hurricanes -- was far below the 19 storms that formed, including 10 hurricanes.
An average year has 12 tropical storms, seven of them hurricanes.
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