In May I had posted the predictions for this Hurricane Season. They had predicted:

"The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season officially starts on 1 June and may peak between late August and mid-October. According to specialists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it will be an active period with 12 to 16 named storms of which 6 to 9 are expected to become actual hurricanes. The nation’s premier climate agency also predicted that 2 to 5 hurricanes will be major ones of Category 3 or higher with winds above 110 miles per hour."

In the last two years heavy hurricane seasons had been predicted. Yet, few storms had developed. This year they were closer to the mark. We have multiple named storms. Three of which became major storms Ike, Gustav, and Dolly.

Here is my question. Are our means of predicting storms getting better or was it "predict the same thing every year and eventually you will be right"? Only time will tell. Of the last three years predictions were right on 1 of the three.