Accuweather: Normal Hurricane Season Ahead
Joe Bastardi and is team over at Accuweather.com have released their 2008 Atlantic hurricane season forecast, and it calls for an even dozen named storms this year. While the number of storms will be close to normal, the group is predicting a greater than normal chance of landfalling hurricanes on the East coast, especially between North Carolina and New England, including one major hurricane in that area.
They are predicting a relatively normal season in the Gulf area, with two or three storms expected to hit the western gulf. Accuweather selected 1985, 1989, 1996 and 1999 as analog years with conditions similar to what is expected this summer. Interestingly enough, the CSU team selected ‘89 and ‘99 as analog years as well, although they predicted a larger number of storms.
The Atlantic hurricane season starts just a little over two weeks away, on June 1, while the Eastern Pacific season starts on May 15. Both seasons end on November 30. In a typical year, however, the bulk of the storms occur from mid-August through the end of October.
Atlantic storm names for 2008 are Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paloma, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky and Wilfred.
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