FACTBOX-Forecasts for 2009 Atlantic hurricane season

Thu Aug 6, 2009 10:57am EDT


Aug 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. National National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cut its 2009 Atlantic hurricane season forecast on Thursday, predicting there would be between seven and 11 tropical storms, with three to six becoming hurricanes.

All the major forecasters have predicted the season will be less active than last season, which produced 16 storms.

So far there have been no tropical storms in the Atlantic season that began June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. The following are the latest predictions for 2009: --------------------------------------------------------------

Tropical Storms Hurricanes Major Hurricanes -------------------------------------------------------------- CSU 10 4 2 Planalytics 10 6 1-2 WSI 10 5 2 NOAA 7-11 3-6 1-2 TSR 12.6 6.5 2.8 AccuWeather 10 6 2 WRC 7 4 -- UK Met 6 NA NA --------------------------------------------------------------

NOAA (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) issued its preseason forecast on Aug. 6.

CSU (Colorado State University team led by William Gray and Philip Klotzbach) forecast issued Aug. 4. Updates due Sept. 2, Oct. 1.

TSR (London-based Tropical Storm Risk) forecast issued Aug. 4.

WSI Corp, based in Andover, Massachusetts, issued forecast on July 20. Update due Aug. 24.

AccuWeather forecast issued May 14.

WRC (Houston-based Weather Research Center) forecast issued April 6.

The UK Met Office forecast issued on June 18.

Planalytics forecast issued on May 27.

(Reporting by Jane Sutton; Editing by Doina Chiacu)



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