“Least active” 2015 Hurricane Season predicted

hurricaneThe Caribbean Region can breathe a little easier as the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season approaches.

The Hurricane Season starts on June 1 and ends on November 30.

The 2015 predictions released on Thursday by Drs. William Gray and Phillip Klotzbach indicates that we can expect a below average season with seven named storms, three Hurricanes and one major Hurricane of Categories 3, 4 or 5.

The release from the renowned scientists states, “We anticipate that the 2015 Atlantic basin hurricane season will be one of the least active seasons since the middle of the 20th century”.

It continued, “It appears quite likely that an El Niño of at least moderate strength will develop this summer and fall and the tropical and subtropical Atlantic are also quite cool at present”.

According to the Gray/Klotzbach prediction, we can anticipate a below-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the United States coastline and in the Caribbean.

Despite the forecast for below-average activity, residents are reminded that it only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season for them.

Residents are therefore advised to prepare the same for every season, regardless of how much activity is predicted.

The 2015 Hurricane names are Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, Wanda

The team did not release their predictions at the Hurricane Conference indicating that they wanted to factor in data obtained during the month of March in their analysis.

The 2015 Hurricane Conference can be described as having been very successful. The 2016 National Hurricane Conference will be held in the Florida city of Orlando in March.

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4 Comments

  1. Love All
    April 11, 2015

    Yes I must join by saying be prepared better be safe than sorry. However that is much better news than were told that it was the opposite. So let’s be thankful to the almighty God for this piece of good news.

  2. go girl!
    April 10, 2015

    Hold on tight.. it’s always the opposite of what they predict

  3. fantastic4
    April 10, 2015

    Dominicien please do not become complacent by those so called predictions from those scientist; as the man on the news on Dbs it only takes one or part of one to be an active season – so in spite of their predictions better to be fully prepared than to be caught with our pants down.

    • oposition
      April 10, 2015

      you hit the nail rite top off the head,,fantastix4.word..Domincanz precaution is better than cure

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