Mexico successfully developed storm forecasting technology

Mexico National University on December 28 said it has successfully developed a new storm forecasting technology.

Image of a big storm taken from a satellite. (Internet photo)

Researchers at the Institute of Geophysics (IGF) have identified deep waters in the Atlantic Ocean, which play an important role in making tropical storms strong into a Category 8 storm. Guess when a level 5 or higher storm will appear.

Researcher Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera of the IGF said these areas are located off the Gulf of Mexico coast, in the Caribbean Sea toward the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and the far south to the Central American country of Nicaragua.

The forecasts made with this new technology have proven to be very accurate over the past two years of testing.

Based on the technology, the National University of Mexico said there will be no violent storms from now until 2013.