Colorado State Lowers ‘Well Below-Average’ Storm ForecastColorado State University researchers further reduced their projections for the number of named systems, including the odds of landfalls, during the remaining months of the Atlantic hurricane season. In the update on their storm season, the research team cut its number of forecast storms from 9 to 7 before the season ends November 30. The update is the third for the school since they initially forecast 13 named storms in April. “Sea surface temperatures across the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic are slightly above their long-term averages,” the researchers posted online. The season has so far seen two tropical storms, Arthur and Bertha, both of which affected parts of the nation’s Gulf coast.