{"id":14896,"date":"2018-07-02T22:20:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T02:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=14896"},"modified":"2018-07-02T22:20:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T02:20:21","slug":"colorado-state-hurricane-forecast-for-atlantic-now-below-normal-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2018\/07\/colorado-state-hurricane-forecast-for-atlantic-now-below-normal-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado State hurricane forecast for Atlantic now below normal for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest hurricane forecast for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season from Colorado State University was released this week. In this latest forecast they have reduced their expected number of storms due to the cold temperatures in the source area in the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean and the developing El Ni\u00f1o in the Pacific Ocean. Their forecast for US landfalling hurricanes is listed below. For more information on the factors leading to their revised forecast visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tropical.colostate.edu\/media\/sites\/111\/2018\/07\/2018-07.pdf\">https:\/\/tropical.colostate.edu\/media\/sites\/111\/2018\/07\/2018-07.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE<br \/>\nLANDFALL ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COASTAL AREAS:<br \/>\n1) Entire U.S. coastline &#8211; 39% (average for last century is 52%)<br \/>\n2) U.S. East Coast Including Peninsula Florida &#8211; 22% (average for last century is<br \/>\n31%)<br \/>\n3) Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville &#8211; 21% (average<br \/>\nfor last century is 30%)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11041\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/05\/Hurricane_Matthew_Terra_MODIS_True_Color_Image_20161007_10am_EDT-775x554.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11041\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/05\/Hurricane_Matthew_Terra_MODIS_True_Color_Image_20161007_10am_EDT-775x554-300x214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/05\/Hurricane_Matthew_Terra_MODIS_True_Color_Image_20161007_10am_EDT-775x554-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/05\/Hurricane_Matthew_Terra_MODIS_True_Color_Image_20161007_10am_EDT-775x554-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/05\/Hurricane_Matthew_Terra_MODIS_True_Color_Image_20161007_10am_EDT-775x554-193x138.png 193w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/05\/Hurricane_Matthew_Terra_MODIS_True_Color_Image_20161007_10am_EDT-775x554.png 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terra MODIS image of Hurricane Matthew from Oct. 7, 2016. SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER (SSEC), UW\u2013MADISON<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest hurricane forecast for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season from Colorado State University was released this week. In this latest forecast they have reduced their expected number of storms due to the cold temperatures in the source area in the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean and the developing El Ni\u00f1o in the Pacific Ocean. 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