Colorado State University hurricane researcher William Gray predicts 17 named storms for the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Nine of them will be hurricanes and five of them intense.
Gray predicted a 74 percent chance of major hurricane hitting the U.S; a 50 percent chance of major hurricane hitting East Coast, including Florida peninsula; and a 49 percent chance of major hurricane between the Florida Panhandle and Brownsville, Texas.
The average season has 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 intense hurricanes. The 2006 season had 10 named storms, five hurricanes, two of them major, compared to 2005, when there were 28 named storms, 15 hurricanes.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November.
2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season Names
- Andrea
- Barry
- Chantal
- Dean
- Erin
- Felix
- Gabrielle
- Humberto
- Ingrid
- Jerry
- Karen
- Lorenzo
- Melissa
- Noel
- Olga
- Pablo
- Rebekah
- Sebastien
- Tanya
- Van
- Wendy
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