since the 2000 pacific typhoon season, the tropical storm risk consortium (tsr) of university college london have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. forecasts on the number of tropical storms, typhoons and intense typhoons there would be during 2011 in the western pacific were released in march, may, july and august. in all of their forecasts this year, tsr predicted that the season would see activity close to the average with 28 tropical storms, 18 typhoons and 8 intense typhoons developing during the season.