Earth Networks: 13 to 14 named storms, with 7 to 8 becoming hurricanes and 4 becoming major hurricanes.
Colorado State University: 16 named storms, with 9 becoming hurricanes and 5 becoming major hurricanes.
Probabilities per Colorado State:
— A 72 percent chance that at least one major hurricane will make landfall on the U.S. coastline in 2011.
— A 48 percent chance that a major hurricane will make landfall on the U.S. East Coast, including the Florida peninsula.
— A 47 percent chance that a major hurricane will make landfall on the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle west to Brownsville, Texas.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: expected to issue its forecast May 19
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 