Forecasters expect busy hurricane season

            Weather forecasters are expecting another active hurricane season this year.

AccuWeather.com's long-range team is predicting 16 named tropical storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season.

Of these, three are predicted to make landfall in the United States.

The normal number of named tropical storms in a given year is 12, according to NOAA.

The group believes the season could begin quickly this year with storm development in the Caribbean in June and believe we could see more strong storms this year.

The biggest concerns for the upcoming season include development in the Gulf of Mexico, an impact in Florida and also another East Coast impact.

The group points out that Florida is long overdue for a direct hurricane hit.

Though the sunshine state has been impacted by named tropical storms in the last couple of years, a direct hit by a hurricane has not occurred since Hurricane Wilma in 2005.

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