Forecasters Wait for Peak Storm Period; EIA Unveiling Map System

摘要

Forecasters are dialing back their forecasts for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, but only by a very small adjustment with one noting there had already been four storms. But even as forecasts were being lowered, the season's fifth storm — Tropical Storm Erin — was born near the Cape Verde Islands and just as quickly was downgraded Friday to a tropical depression.