​                   GWO Hurricane Risk Predictive Skill for the 2009 Season

The white circles note the "Hot Spots" predicted by GWO.  Red area is the predicted high risk for hurricane/tropical storm activity, and the Yellow area is the Predicted moderately high risk area.  Notice all activity occurred within the Predicted Hot Spot areas. Hurricanes are in Red, purple and orange.  Tropical Storms are noted as yellow lines.​