This year could see fewer tropical systems gaining hurricanestrength than in 2012, but a greater number of storms mightintensify to Category 3 or higher, according to a recentforecast.

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ImpactWeather — which serves as the weather department forbusinesses in fields such as oil and gas, petrochemical,healthcare, financial services and others — projects between 16-20named storms for the 2013 hurricane season. In 2012, there were 19named storms.

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ImpactWeather expects seven-to-nine of the projected 2013 stormsto reach hurricane strength, fewer than the 10 hurricanes in thispast season. But the service says two-to-four storms could reachCategory 3 strength or higher, compared to one storm in 2012 thatreached major-hurricane strength.

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The service's meteorologist, Chris Hebert, bases the estimationon past-season averages, ocean-temperature trends and the absenceof an El Niño influence from the tropical Pacific.

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Mark Chambers, president of ImpactWeather, says, “An increasingnumber of companies, after seeing the effects of hurricanes likeKatrina, Ike and Sandy, are implementing strategies to aid them inmaking the best business decisions possible when confronted byweather-related risk. With even more severe hurricanes on thehorizon for 2013, preparedness and planning should be of paramountimportance.”

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