. >> our next question comes from mary landers, the savannah morning news. your line is open. >> thank you. i'm wondering if the named storm we already had is included in that nine to 15 range? >> yes, it is. the numbers we give are for the entire hurricane season. >> i think what the caller who got cut off was asking was are you seeing any pattern in preseason activity? >> no. the preseason or early season, meaning june, july, activity is typically minimal. on average you might see one or two named storms during june and july. you might see a hurricane. very rarely would you see a major hurricane during june and july. by far the peak of the hurricane season is august, september and october. that's when most of the major hurricanes and hurricanes form. so back to the early part of the season, if we do get a storm like -- a preseason storm or some of these that do form in june and july, typically they form from a trailing frontal boundary or upper level depression in the jet stream, they tend to be short lived and that's it. as we just saw. now, in contrast,

. >> the next question is from mary landers, your line is open. >> thank you.wondering if the main store and we already had is included in the 5 to 15 range? >> yes it is, the numbers we give our for the entire hurricane season. >> i think the color who got cut off was asking if you were seeing any pattern in preseason activity? >> no, the preseason early season, june or july activity that is typically minimal, on average you may see one or two main storms during june or july and you might see a hurricane, very rarely would you see a major hurricane during june and july. by far the peak of the hurricane season is september and october that's when most of the major hurricanes form. back to the early part of the season , if you do get a storm, preseason storm or some that do form in june or july they typically form from a trailing funnel boundary or upper-level depression in the jet stream and they tend to be short-lived and that's it, as we just saw. in contrast, during the peak months of hurricane season, those are the systems that come westward from africa tho