Meteorologist

With the year’s fifth named tropical storm already come and gone and more than three months remaining in the 2008 hurricane season, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center and Colorado State University (CSU) increased the number of named storms and hurricanes in their tropical storm forecasts.

Summer temperatures across the United States are likely to be normal to warmer than normal, but Citigroup Global Markets meteorologists Jon Davis and Mark Russo said they’re not expecting an unusually hot summer.

Summer temperatures across the United States are likely to be normal to warmer than normal, but Citigroup Global Markets meteorologists Jon Davis and Mark Russo said they’re not expecting an unusually hot summer unlike what occurred last year.

Last winter appears to have shaken the meteorological community, most of which — Davis included — predicted a colder than normal winter. It turned out to be the fifth warmest on record. Davis said he’s still trying to determine the causes of the very unusual winter temperatures.