Predictions Say That The Hurricane Season Of 2010 Will Be A Busy One
April 10th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by Pen Men At WorkApril 10, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Early predictions are naming the hurricane season of 2010 to be a busy one. Predictions released by the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University have stated that they anticipate above average activity for the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.
The team from the Colorado State University, led by Philip Klotzbach and William Gray, has declared in its report that this is due to the warming of the Atlantic tropical sea surface. They have predicted as many as eight hurricanes, four of which will become major weather systems with winds in excess of 111 miles per hour.
They have mentioned that there is a 45 percent chance that a hurricane will make a landfall on the U.S. east coast, which includes the peninsular Florida and that the probability for the gulf coast from the Florida panhandle westward to Brownsville is 44 percent.
Dr Klotzbach has mentioned that the predictions are based on the premise that the El Nino conditions will continue until summer. In his statement, he added that the dissipating El Nino, along with the warm Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperature, will lead to perfect thermodynamic conditions for hurricane formation.
The 2010 forecast marks 27 years of hurricane forecasting at the Colorado State University, led by Dr William Gray. The hurricane forecast team has mentioned that it makes its predictions based on 58 years of historical data. Dr Gray has declared that the patterns may alter before the commencement of the hurricane season but the current conditions warrant concern for an above-average season.
The authorities have advised the residents of the vulnerable areas to be geared up before the first storm strikes.
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