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The 2009 Atlantic tropical season will bring 13 named storms, 7hurricanes and 3 Category 3 or higher hurricanes, according to WSICorp., a Massachusetts-based provider of weather-driven businesssolutions.
|These forecast numbers are higher than the 1950-2008 averages of9.8 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 2.5 intense hurricanes. Thisprediction stems from the expected continuation ofwarmer-than-normal Atlantic Ocean temperatures in summer and fall,and the likelihood of a favorable wind shear environment from thelack of an El Nino event.
The Atlantic temperatures are cooler than last year, and WSI doesnot expect 2009 to be as active as 2008.
For more on flood coverage, click here to read: Flood Coverage Not All Wet.
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