Atlantic Hurricane Season Predictions 2010

(Dive Travel Business News - May 6, 2010 ) --  The Colorado State University's hurricane forecast team predicts an above-average year of tropical storms for the Atlantic basin, which includes the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

The forecast for 2010, released calls for 15 named tropical storms in the Atlantic, of which eight will become hurricanes. The team predicts four of the eight hurricanes will in turn develop into major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5) with maximum wind speeds of 111 mph or greater. A typical Atlantic hurricane season sees just 10 named storms — six of them hurricanes with just two major hurricanes.

Colorado State's Tropical Meteorology Project is the nation's longest-running and most well-known hurricane forecast effort. Begun by William Gray in 1984, the forecasts are used by insurance companies, emergency managers and the media to prepare Americans for hurricane season.

The federal National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration is scheduled to release its hurricane forecast on May 20, 2010. The hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. The first named storm will be Alex, followed by Bonnie and Colin.

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