Colorado State University has issued an update to its 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season forecast. This predicts that a very active hurricane season is on the cards with landfall probabilities well above the long-term average.

Overall nine named hurricanes are forecast, with five becoming intense hurricanes.

Probabilities for at least one major hurricane landfall are:

* Entire US coastline: 74 percent (average for last century is 52 percent)

* US East Coast including Peninsula Florida – 50 percent (average for last century is 31 percent)

* Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville – 49 percent (average for last century is 30 percent).

Above-average major hurricane landfall risk is also predicted for the Caribbean region.

To read the full forecast go to http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts

•Date: 4th April 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR General
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