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ATLANTIC BASIN SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECAST FOR 2009
Forecast Parameter and 1950-2000 Climatology (in parentheses) Issue Date 9 April 2009

Named Storms: 12
Named Storm Days: 55
Hurricanes: 6
Hurricane Days: 25
Intense Hurricanes: 2
Intense Hurricane Days: 5


PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE LANDFALL ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COASTAL AREAS:

1. Entire U.S. coastline - 54% (average for last century is 52%)
2. U.S. East Coast Including Peninsula Florida - 32% (average for last century is 31%)
3. Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 31% (average for last century is 30%)
4. Average major hurricane landfall risk in the Caribbean