21 Quotes by Jack Beven

We have seen a marked increase in the number of Atlantic hurricanes, starting in 1995. This year, things have come together just right, with warm sea surface temperatures and favorable upper-level winds.

Should we get another out-of-season storm, we will use the 2006 named list.

But there is still room for loops and wobbles. It's really too early to say for sure where it'll go.

It is probable that Wilma will still be a major hurricane when it reaches the Florida Peninsula.

Our forecast will take the storm near or just east of the Bahamas and possibly toward the Carolinas.

Rita should maintain major hurricane status until landfall,

We are in an active cycle of storms, and there is nothing to indicate that won't happen. It's too early to tell what will happen.

We'll take anything we can get our hands on.

With that kind of range of possibilities, we're not going to try to pin down anything about where it's going.