William Gray
William Gray
American attorney who served as a federal judge. He was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1966.
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth26 March 1912
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Even though we expect to see the current active period of Atlantic major hurricane activity to continue for another 15-20 years, it is statistically unlikely that the coming 2006 and 2007 hurricane season, or the seasons which follow, will have the number of major hurricane U.S. landfall events as we have seen in 2004-2005.
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We expect a season nearly as active as this year's (1998),
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Based on research data obtained through July, we foresee one of the most active hurricane seasons on record.
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We've had a very active season, but the probability of getting landfall in consecutive years like in 2004 and 2005 is very low.
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Even with the increased forecast numbers, this won't be one of the worst seasons of the century, ... but we are anticipating an active season not unlike several of the most recent years.
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Unfortunately, the very active season we have seen to this point is not yet over.
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The climate signals are such that this looks like it's going to be an active year. Atlantic sea-surface temperatures are very warm. That's a major factor.
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We expect that by the time the 2005 hurricane season is over, we will witness seasonal tropical cyclone activity at near-record levels.
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The United States has been very lucky over the past three decades in witnessing very few major hurricanes making landfall in Florida and along the East Coast,
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Both of these devices are promising. The kicker is long-term durability,
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Even though the U.S. has experienced six major hurricane strikes since August 2004, in terms of the number of U.S. major hurricane strikes during the last 11 years (nine of 43, versus one of three for the century-long average) we have been, from this perspective, somewhat fortunate,
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We feel our ongoing forecast research will allow us to continue to improve our predictive skill.
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This ocean circulation, a northbound current that sinks and then moves southbound, tends to go through multi-decadal changes,
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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.