The 2010 Hurricane Season could be an above-average season according to the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team. Their newly released April predictions are calling for 8 hurricanes of which 4 will be categorized as major hurricanes of Cat 3 and above.
With the 2010 Hurricane Season running from June 1 until November 30, the Colorado team predicts that there is a 69 percent chance of 1 major hurricane making landfall in the US and for those in the Gulf Coast they predict a 44 percent chance of landfall.
For Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, the hurricane forecasting team predicts a 58 percent chance of a major hurricane tracking into the Caribbean.
The past few years since I have been here we have had several hurricane and tropical storms pass by the north and south of the island dumping lots of rain, with the last landfall by a hurricane being 1998 when Hurricane Georges hit Puerto Rico.
Hopefully the 2010 hurricane season will pass by without any major disasters here in Puerto Rico, as well as the rest of the Caribbean and US mainland.
You can check out the full report by the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team here and you can keep a check on storms on our Puerto Rico weather page.
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