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Sure, we had it easy during the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season — not one hurricane made landfall in the U.S. last year — but things might be a little more complicated this year. Colorado State University forecaster William Gray is expecting 17 named storms in the Atlantic this year, with a pretty strong chance that one of them will hit the U.S. Better start buying that plywood and bottled water now. According to Gray's team's...

People who say, "Don't sweat the small stuff" have never been to Houston in August. Like a typical Houston later summer (yes, we said summer), the mercury is rising and we all have an eye on the tropics. Fortunately, all is quiet in the tropics, but we are seeing some wet weather coutesy of a small tropical system. Mostly, it's going to be hot this week.

While Houstonist believes in preparedness and Tropical Storm Chris continues to churn in the Atlantic, it isn't time to start boarding up just yet. That having been said, the National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Chris and has yet to downgrade him to a tropical depression as had earlier been predicted. Chris continues to survive depsite many estimations and is aiming directly for Cuba with winds currently around 40mph. Current forecast models keep Chris on...

Welcome to August! Not only do the temperatures sore in the Bayou City, August is the peak of hurricane season. Up until now, we've been fortunate to avoid any significant tropical disturbances, but so has the entire US coastline. With only three named storms and no hurricanes, we are well behind the abnormally high 2005 season that, by this time last year, had already produced 7 named storms and 3 hurricanes including 2 major...

Dr. Bill Gray, one of the most well-respected hurricane forecasters from Colorado State University announced today that his predictions 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes and 5 intense hurricanes remains unchanged from previous predictions. This far eclipses the averages of 10 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 2.3 intense hurricanes each season. This forecast, in fact, has the largest number of storms ever predicted by Gray and his team in 23 years of prognostication. The National Weather...