NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit

2008 Atlantic Hurricane Activity Forecast

Posted by Dan Wilson on December 20, 2007

The University of Colorado has released its 2008 hurricane activity forecast. From the report …

PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE LANDFALL ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COASTAL AREAS:

1) Entire U.S. coastline - 60% (average for last century is 52%)

2) U.S. East Coastline including Peninsula Florida - 37% (average for last century is 31%)

3) Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 36% (average for last century is 30%)

4) Above average major hurricane landfall risk in the Caribbean

Click here to see the entire report.

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