Forecasters at Colorado State University are declaring this year's Atlantic basin hurricane season to be an unusual one that had more activity than expected, but with virtually all of that activity coming in the form of weaker storms.
In a report issued today by the hurricane forecast team led by Phil Klotzbach and William Gray, the 2012 hurricane season, which officially ends tomorrow, "was one of the most unusual seasons on record with a significant number of weaker cyclones combined with a general lack of major hurricane activity…."
In August, the team issued an updated forecast calling for average activity: 14 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes.
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