A hurricane forecaster has lowered the threat for this year's hurricane season slightly, saying that chances are less than half that this season will be above normal.
London-based Tropical Storm Risk issued an updated forecast for this year's Atlantic hurricane season, saying tropical cyclone activity is expected to be 40 percent above the 1950-2006 norm.
In terms of tropical storms and hurricanes, the number of tropical storms predicted in the Atlantic dropped from 15.7 to 14.7, and hurricanes dropped from 8.6 to 7.9. Intense hurricanes fell slightly from 3.9 to 3.5. The comparisons are on a month-to-month basis.
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