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The same oceanographic pattern that could drag oil from the Gulf into the Atlantic — and dump tar balls onto Florida beaches — already is a predicted culprit in a season promis- ing eight hurricanes, half of them "major," according to weather forecasters. William M. Gray and Philip J. Klotzbach, fore- casters at Colorado State University, predict 15 named storms, while Ken Reeves, senior meteorolo- gist and director of forecast- ing operations for AccuWeather.com, predicts 16 to 18, with a "higher- than-normal number of impacts, which is not a good thing." In 160 years of record keeping, only eight seasons have brought 16 or more storms, according to Accuweather.com. The Loop Current has always been with us. Likened to an underwater conveyor belt, an "aquatic highway," or a river within the sea, it is a warm, swift current that enters the Gulf from the Caribbean between Mexico and Cuba. It flows clockwise, first northwest, then east into a hairpin turn taking it south- east toward the Florida Keys and the Florida Straits. "Here, the waters of the Loop Current flow north- ward along the U.S. coast and become the Gulf Stream," meteorologist Jef- frey Masters writes on the Weather Underground web- site. Masters was a Miami- based "hurricane hunter" for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion's Aircraft Operations Center in the 1980s. The Loop Current "is one of the fastest currents in the Atlantic Ocean," he writes. "The current is about . . . 125 to 190 miles wide and . . . 2,600 feet deep, and is present in the Gulf of Mexico about 95 percent of the time. "During summer and fall, the Loop Current pro- vides a deep . . . layer of very warm water that can provide a huge energy source for any lucky hurri- canes that might cross over." 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Klotzbach, lead author of the Colorado forecasts, warned that "the strong winds of a hurricane would potentially drive the oil slick farther inland, which could pose a great environmental hazard." But according to Reeves, "the actual oil isn't going to play a significant role rela- tive to the development of tropical systems. It's rela- tively small and its ability to cover the ocean is limited." He added that "tempera- tures are a little higher than normal in the equatorial Atlantic, which suggests a more long track kind of sys- tem. You could have the big, swooping storms that hit Florida or a congregation of storms through the Caribbean. . . . But we're not ringing the panic bell for Florida just yet." The Back Packs ARE COMING The Back Packs ARE COMING Watch for them at local businesses SAMPLE! FREE