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How many hurricanes will occur this year in the Atlantic Basin region?
In all, there have been 16 named storms since the Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1. Eight were hurricanes, five of them major -- meaning Category 3 or higher. Three -- Dolly, Gustav, and Ike -- made landfall in the United States, though none was a major hurricane at the time of landfall.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/30/hurricane.season.ends/?iref=hpmostpop
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| 6 hurricanes |
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| 7 hurricanes |
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| 9 hurricanes |
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| 11 or more hurricanes |
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Suspend date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 7:59am PST Settlement date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 1:45pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 30th Nov 2008 7:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: 5 or fewer hurricanes: 7%, 6 hurricanes: 9%, 7 hurricanes: 15%, 8 hurricanes: 40%, 9 hurricanes: 15%, 10 hurricanes: 9%, 11 or more hurricanes: 5%
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: Suspend date has been moved to end of November, in line with the hurricane season end date 
ladylara: from CNN:" In all, there have been 16 named storms since the Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1. Eight were hurricanes, five of them major -- meaning Category 3 or higher. Three -- Dolly, Gustav, and Ike -- made landfall in the United States, though none was a major hurricane at the time of landfall."http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/30/hurricane.season.ends/index.html tisha: In all, there have been 16 named storms since the Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1. Eight were hurricanes, five of them major -- meaning Category 3 or higher. Three -- Dolly, Gustav, and Ike -- made landfall in the United States, though none was a major hurricane at the time of landfall.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/30/hurricane.season.ends/?iref=hpmostpop
Suspend date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 7:59am PST Settlement date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 1:45pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 30th Nov 2008 7:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Can we make it a few weeks more with nothing really major developing.....
Hurricane season runs through November, but usually not much much develops after the first week or so of October....
With three hurricanes in the last month, the total now stands at five for the season (Ike being the most recent; Josephine has already dissipated). There's nothing too likely to develop within the next week, giving us a much-needed break, but there's also no telling how long that will remain the case.
Also, as a possible source for settlement, here's the NHC archive page for this season's storms: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2008atlan.shtml
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