NU Online News Service, Aug. 4, 3:25 p.m. EDT

Colorado State University forecasters slightly lowered their tropical storm outlook, saying arrival of a Pacific El Ni?o weather system will help lower the formation of Atlantic Basin hurricanes.

The team of William Gray and Phil Klotzbach reduced the number of named storms predicted for this season from 11 to 10 and said that among hurricanes that are formed they still believe only two will be capable of reaching a sustained wind speed greater than 111 mph.

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