Dr. Philip Klotzbach and Dr. William Gray's updated forecast calls for the high end of their initial 2010 forecast issued in December, 2009:
Named Storms: 15
Hurricanes: 8
Intense Hurricanes: 4 (Category 3-4-5)
They predict that the season will be significantly more active than the average from 1950-2000
Chance of at least one major hurricane making landfall:
Entire US Coastline: 69% (average for last century is 52%)
U.S. East Coast including Florida Peninsula: 45% (average for last century is 31%)
Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle to Brownsville: 44% (average for last century is 30%)
Hurricane Season officially starts June 1st, less than 60 days from now.
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