April 9th Hurricane Forecast| | Dec 7th, 2007 | April 9th, 2008 | | Named Storms | 13 | 15 | | Named Storm Days | 60 | 80 | | Hurricanes | 7 | 8 | | Hurricane Days | 30 | 40 | | Intense Hurricanes | 3 | 4 | | Intense Hurricane Days | 6 | 9 | PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE LANDFALL ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COASTAL AREAS: 1) Entire U.S. coastline - 69% (average for last century is 52%) 2) U.S. East Coast Including Peninsula Florida - 45% (average for last century is 31%) 3) Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 44% (average for last century is 30%) 4) Above-average major hurricane landfall risk in the Caribbean (source:Department of Atmospheric Science) |