2009 Caribbean Hurricane Season Gets Slow Start
(August 12) It's already two months into the annual Caribbean hurricane season and the region has yet to see a major storm. Weather experts predict a slow start with storms on the way.Forecasters are tracking several disturbances in the North Atlantic and increasing thunderstorm activity in West Africa that might become hurricanes in the U.S. and Caribbean.
National Hurricane Center spokesman, Dennis Feltgen, suggests that the first named storm in the Atlantic usually occurs around mid-July. However, this year’s hurricane season is "storm-free," and marks the longest period without a first named storm since 1992. Last week, forecasters suggested that the intensity of the 2009 hurricane season would be “near- to below – normal.”
The U.S. National Hurricane Center has even re-figured their initial forecast of nine to fourteen total storms for the 2009 season to seven to eleven named storms. The new estimate includes three to six hurricanes and one to three major hurricanes.
Stay posted for new Caribbean hurricane season developments.
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