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2010 Hurricane Season Predicted to Have Above-Average Activity
WIOD ^ | 12/11/2009

Posted on 12/11/2009 11:31:06 AM PST by My Favorite Headache

Colorado State University makes their first predictions for next season.

Just weeks after the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season wraps up, the forecasters at Colorado State University are making their first round of predictions for the 2010 season.

Philip Klotzbach and William Gray predict 11 to 16 named storms in the forecast.

They say three to five of the storms will be major hurricanes with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater.

Gray says warm sea surface temperatures will contribute to above-average activity.

The forecast says there is a 64 percent chance of at least one major hurricane reaching the U.S. coastline.

Nine named storms developed last season.

Three became hurricanes, and none came ashore in the U.S.

The Colorado State team, which has issued forecasts for 27 years, will issue updates in April, June and August.


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To: My Favorite Headache
2010 Hurricane Season Predicted to Have Above-Average Activity

Well there's a prediction i never saw coming. /s

21 posted on 12/11/2009 11:43:52 AM PST by theymakemesick (Full of hatred for those that disagree, liberal democrats are the most intolerant bigots on Earth)
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To: edcoil

and here is the actual results:

Strongest storm: Bill – 943 mbar (hPa) (27.86 inHg), 135 mph (215 km/h)
Total depressions: 11
Total storms: 9
Hurricanes: 3
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+): 2


22 posted on 12/11/2009 11:44:22 AM PST by Gettin Betta
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To: mortal19440
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Which is a better record than these guys have had!

23 posted on 12/11/2009 11:44:30 AM PST by JohnG45
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To: My Favorite Headache

Yeah and they made nearly the exact same prediction last year which turned out to be wrong. What else is new???


24 posted on 12/11/2009 11:46:53 AM PST by the long march
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To: My Favorite Headache

The Law of Averages says they will be right SOMETIME.


25 posted on 12/11/2009 11:47:18 AM PST by Beartooth (Pray for America)
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To: My Favorite Headache

They like recycling the same headline every year.since Katrina in 2005. Just change the the year, add some Global Warming filler, and you are good to go.

Dumb A##es forget that we have had mild seasons since 2005 despite their doom and gloom predictions.


26 posted on 12/11/2009 11:47:19 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: henkster

I believe he is emeritus


27 posted on 12/11/2009 11:47:29 AM PST by the long march
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To: Paladin2
I doubt they really know what constitutes “average”.

It is simply unprecedented. Be prepared, buy duct tape and plastic. And beer.
28 posted on 12/11/2009 11:49:06 AM PST by tongue-tied
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To: No Truce With Kings
Guess they liked the 2009 forecast so much that they amped it up a tad and repeated it.

Maybe, but they're predictions were darn close for 2009.

29 posted on 12/11/2009 11:50:48 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (Perfection is the enemy of Good.)
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To: All; My Favorite Headache

This is not about AGW. It’s about predicting hurricanes.


30 posted on 12/11/2009 11:51:03 AM PST by marvlus
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To: My Favorite Headache

Didn’t they say the same thing about 2008 and 2009?


31 posted on 12/11/2009 11:51:59 AM PST by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: mpackard
"again????"

Yep. And we're all gonna die. Again.

32 posted on 12/11/2009 11:54:02 AM PST by Jaxter (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

I predict the number of hurricanes that will hit Colorado is zero.


33 posted on 12/11/2009 11:54:30 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Here are my predictions for the 2010 hurricane Season.

We will have 10 named storms. If we have less than 10 then we will have 9 or fewer named storms and if we have more than 10 we will have at least 11 named storms if not more.

The United States mainland will be hit with at least one major hurricane unless it is hit with minor ones only or none at all. If that occurs no major storm will hit the main land. However, if the mainland is hit by more than one major hurricane then it will be hit with at least two, possibly more if there are more than two that hit.

The season will see above average activity unless the activity is average or below average.

Those are my predictions, I base my data on both my years on the coast and the fact I can fog a mirror.

I stand by these predictions.

34 posted on 12/11/2009 11:54:42 AM PST by ejonesie22
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To: My Favorite Headache

OMG, not this crap again!

We haven’t seen a busy ‘cane season since 2004.

Ugh.


35 posted on 12/11/2009 11:55:26 AM PST by RexBeach ("Those are my principles...if you don't like them, I have others." Groucho Marx)
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To: NautiNurse

Hone up those skills!


36 posted on 12/11/2009 11:56:09 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Obama is a DIC....... Ditherer-in-Chief)
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To: My Favorite Headache

So, this means that when their predictions fail next season, it will be “UNEXPECTED”.


37 posted on 12/11/2009 12:00:38 PM PST by ggrrrrr23456
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To: ejonesie22

LOL


38 posted on 12/11/2009 12:01:27 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
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To: My Favorite Headache

You can trust me this time...

39 posted on 12/11/2009 12:07:45 PM PST by pgyanke (You have no "rights" that require an involuntary burden on another person. Period. - MrB)
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To: mortal19440
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Wrong. If your broken clock is digital, it might be blank, i.e., always wrong.

40 posted on 12/11/2009 12:08:11 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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