Hurricane forecasters with Colorado State University have released their annual Spring predictions for the upcoming hurricane season

Hurricane forecasters with Colorado State University have released their annual Spring predictions for the upcoming hurricane season – and expect a quieter than usual season.

They expect 13 named storms this year; five of them hurricanes two of which are major storms with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater.

The probability of a major hurricane making landfall on the U.S. coast this year is 48 percent, compared with the average of 52 percent over the past century.

They say the chances of a hurricane hitting the gulf coast is about 28 percent, the average is 31 percent.

They base their forecast on a stronger El Nino weather pattern which helps create winds that tear the storm systems apart as well as a colder than usual tropical Atlanitc.

The Atlantic hurricane season begins June the 1^st.

Federal government forecasters will release their prediction for the season in late May.

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