The Atlantic basin could be in for an above-averagehurricane season this year with four major hurricanes forecast todevelop in the region, according to forecasters at Colorado StateUniversity.
The forecast team of William Gray, who has led the forecast teamfor 27 years, and Phil Klotzbach, lead forecaster on the universityhurricane forecast team, released their predictions in April forthe 2010 hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30.
The team predicts 15 named storms will form in the Atlantic.Eight are expected to become hurricanes, and four will develop intomajor hurricanes — Category 3, 4, or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale,with sustained winds of 111 mph or more.
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