2011 hurricane season

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center (CPC) have updated their hurricane forecast and have increased the number of storms that they predict to form over the course of the rest of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.

Klotzbach & Gray, the well respected pair of hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University, have published the latest update to their forecast of Atlantic season hurricane activity and landfall strike probability for 2011. They stick with their original predictions of 16 named tropical storms during the 2011 season, with 9 expected to make hurricane status […]

Each year we provide a page containing information and resources to help you track the progress of the Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season. We’ve just launched our page for this year and you can find it here, or by clicking on the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season graphic which is on the right hand side […]

Fitch Ratings have published an interesting report which analyses the potential effects that a major landfalling U.S. hurricane could have on some of the larger insurance companies and the industry as a whole. After the catastrophic, and loss filled first few months of 2011 insurers are going to find that any major loss event caused […]

Tropical Storm Risk, a research group backed by Aon Benfield, RSA and Crawford & Company, have stuck with their prediction for an above normal activity Atlantic hurricane season in 2011 and have slightly increased their prediction for the number of storms expected to form. Their last prediction (from April) can be found here, and our […]

The latest 2011 hurricane prediction and forecast for Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane activity has been published by the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center – a division of the U.S. National Weather Service. We thought it would be interesting to compare this most recent forecast of Atlantic hurricane activity with those we’ve covered previously.

The 2011 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season doesn’t officially begin until the 1st June, but already meteorologists are closely watching an area north of the Leeward Islands where a wave has formed which they say has the potential to develop into a tropical disturbance.

Colorado State University have just issued their updated 2011 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season forecast, so in the interest of fairness (as we’ve already covered Accuweather’s and Tropical Storm Risk’s) here are the details.

In December last year Tropical Storm Risk, a research group backed by Aon Benfield, RSA and Crawford & Company, issued their first forecast for the 2011 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season which predicted an active year approximately 40% above historical norms. Their 1st April update has lowered that prediction to 25% above the historical […]

U.S. weather forecaster Accuweather, have issued their forecast for the 2011 U.S. Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season. Like previous forecast we’ve published (such as Klotzbach and Gray’s or Tropical Storm Risks), Accuweather predict an active season with many storms. So a similar season to 2010? Possibly, but all forecasters are suggesting to expect more […]