Forecasters: Above-average hurricane season coming

Posted on 12 March 2010

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AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center meteorologists are predicting a more active 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, with above-normal threats to the U.S. coastline.

"This year has the chance to be an extreme season," forecaster Joe Bastardi said in a statement. "It is certainly much more like 2008 than 2009 as far as the overall threat to the United States' East and Gulf coasts."

Bastardi is forecasting seven landfalls. Five will be hurricanes and two or three of the hurricanes will be major landfalls for the U.S.

He is calling for 16 to 18 tropical storms, 15 of which would be in the western Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico and therefore a threat to land. In a typical season, there are about 11 named storms, of which two to three impact the coast of the United States.

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3 Friday, 12 March 2010 18:29

Maybe President Obama should appoint a Hurricane Czar!

2 Friday, 12 March 2010 15:39

When was the last time we heard; "Well, this year we will not see many hurricanes and most will not impact the coast."  Seems like this is the predominate predication every year.  When the season is "light", well, we didn't have this or we didn't realize this.  But when we have a couple of landfalls, it is; "This is what we have tried to tell folks!  We were right!"  This is not to demean or to be overly critical of Joe, but it just seems that every year we hear; "This is going to be a big one folks!"  Regardless, I'll play it smart and prepare accordingly.

1 Friday, 12 March 2010 15:36

Let look bach at last years prediction:

Next year is predicted to bring 14 named storms to the Atlantic Ocean, with seven of them becoming hurricanes, according to a university report that forecasts an "above average" 2009 hurricane season.

Ooops - wrong again.

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