June 1st officially marks the beginning of the 2010 Hurricane season here in the tropics… and although Roatan is NOT IN THE HURRICANE CORRIDOR, we do occasionally get the odd one.. about every 24 years on average. This year, US Meteorologists are predicting a "higher than usual" activity season based on the diminishing El Nino phenomenon over recent months. This means the usually strong shear winds blowing in the Atlantic (where 90% of Tropical Hurricanes form) are weakening, thus perhaps allowing the strengthening of Atlantic storms… I guess we'll see, right?
