Apr 08
The 2007 Hurricane Forecast
The estimate for the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season:
- Named Storms - 17
- Hurricanes - 9
- Intense Hurricanes - 5
PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE LANDFALL ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COASTAL AREAS:
- Entire U.S. coastline - 74% (average for last century is 52%)
- U.S. East Coast Including Peninsula Florida - 50% (average for last century is 31%)
- Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 49% (average for last century is 30%)
- Above-average major hurricane landfall risk in the Caribbean
