2008 Hurricane Season Predicted To Be Very Active

Colorado State University hurricane experts William Gray and Philip Klotzbach predict a Very Active 2008 Hurricane Season with 15 Named Storms, 8 Hurricanes and 4 Major Hurricanes.

Gray and Klotzbach also predict:

-- A 69 percent probability of at least one major hurricane striking the U.S. coastline, with the average for the last century being 52 percent.

-- A 45 percent probability for the U.S. east coast, including the Florida peninsula. The last century's average was 31 percent.

-- A 44 percent probability for the U.S. Gulf Coast, from Florida's panhandle to Brownsville, Texas. The last century's average was 30 percent.

-- An above average major hurricane landfall risk in the Caribbean.

They also said current Atlantic basin conditions appear "quite favorable" for an active hurricane season, with surface temperature patterns being similar to those typically observed before very active seasons.

Here is a video link to the weather channel interview with Dr. Philip Klotzbach.