Hurricane Season begins June 1st and runs through November 30th

Hurricane Forecaster Dr. William Gray has issued an initial forecast for a total of 15 names storms in the Atlantic for the 2008 Hurricane Season.  Dr. Gray says that it is probable that at least one major hurricane will hit the US Coastline.

Information obtained through March 2008 indicates that the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season will be much more active than the average 1950-2000 season. Dr. Gray estimates that 2008 will have about 8 hurricanes (average is 5.9), 15 named storms (average is 9.6), 80 named storm days (average is 49.1), 40 hurricane days (average is 24.5), 4 intense (Category 3-4-5) hurricanes (average is 2.3) and 9 intense hurricane days (average is 5.0). The probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall is estimated to be about 135 percent of the long-period average. Dr.Gray expects Atlantic basin Net Tropical Cyclone (NTC) activity in 2008 to be approximately 160 percent of the long-term average.

Now is the time to prepare.