We feel the 1999 season will be comparable to the one just past and not too much weaker than the 1995 and 1996 seasons, both of which were very busy. Climatic evidence strongly suggests that we are embarking on a new era of enhanced major hurricane activity.
We expect a season nearly as active as this year's (1998),
Unfortunately, the very active season we have seen to this point is not yet over.
There is nothing to suggest the weather patterns will change to stop this season from reaching near-record status,
We expect that by the time the 2005 hurricane season is over, we will witness seasonal tropical cyclone activity at near-record levels.
There's no way we could have known this season would be that active. We did call it right. We did go above average last year.