Random number generators work differently on the other side of the pond, it seems.
The UK’s Met Office has released their updated 2008 Tropical Storm Forecast.
They’re calling for 7-13 (point estimate: 10) named storms this season (as compared to an average of 12.4), predicting a cooling trend in Atlantic SST’s.
That’s significantly less than the other major predictions made, where the consensus was for an above-average year.
I suppose that in about 6 months we’ll know whose model was more accurate this year.