Jack Beven Quotations

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.

There's no part of Florida that's truly hurricane-invulnerable.

People should say this is our best estimate based on the available data.

Some strengthening is forecast ... and Maria could be near hurricane strength by Sunday.

It was incredibly out of the ordinary. This season was such an extreme event that it's a little difficult to believe it could repeat itself on a regular basis. But it's too early to tell what the next season will bring.

It is still quite large. We will have hurricane-force and tropical storm-force winds covering a large area.

It's not officially over until we write the last advisory, which will be in the next day or two. Should we get another out of season storm, we will use the 2006 named list.

It's a lot less common to have a weather pattern that drives a storm straight into the coast in that part of Florida.

It's moving slowly and the slower-moving the storm, the more unpredictable it always is.

It just sort of weakened and fizzled out,

Cindy has taken a bit more of a turn to the North than we expected.

Hopefully it will cause less damage because it was quick, because the strongest winds didn't last as long.

The forecast track is pointing towards North Carolina, but South Carolina is not out of the woods yet.