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WTNT35 KNHC 301710

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 1

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

1 PM AST FRI DEC 30 2005

 

...LATE SEASON TROPICAL STORM...THE 27TH OF THE YEAR...FORMS IN THE

EASTERN ATLANTIC...

 

AT 1 PM AST...1700Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 36.9 WEST OR ABOUT 1070

MILES...1720 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.

 

ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH ...13 KM/HR. A TURN

TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. ALTHOUGH SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY...A

WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOMORROW.

 

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES

...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.

 

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

 

REPEATING THE 1 PM AST POSITION...25.0 N... 36.9 W. MOVEMENT

TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED

WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

 

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL

HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.

 

FORECASTER FRANKLIN

 

 

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hmm so hmmm what alphabet is next?

well considering we arent even halfway through the greek alphabet yet....

the new england states sound so nice right now.

 

 

:plain

this isnt even funny anymore....it got old 10 storms ago...

What? It's the last weekend of December. This is unbelievable.

... I checked WG at 1AM lastnight just cause i wanted too.. even checked the radar, curiosiy.. nothing... then BOOM.. lol

Use the Hebrew alphabet next. Hurricane Alef has a nice sound to it

Use the Hebrew alphabet next. Hurricane Alef has a nice sound to it

 

 

But once we got to the eighth one people would pronounce Hurricane Chet as if it was the nickname for Chester.

How exciting.

 

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If a new storm forms two days from now, it would be named Alberto, right?

If a new storm forms two days from now, it would be named Alberto, right?

 

It'd be "Eta".

If a new storm forms two days from now, it would be named Alberto, right?

 

Yep.

 

If a storm forms in the off-season, it will take the next name in the list based on the current calendar date. For example, if a tropical cyclone formed on December 28th, it would take the name from the previous season's list of names. If a storm formed in February, it would be named from the subsequent season's list of names.

 

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

2009 is my time to shine

Hey, where are Katrina and Rita? Have they finally fallen into the oblivion of the MB.com "celebs"?

If a new storm forms two days from now, it would be named Alberto, right?

 

It'd be "Eta".

NOAA disagrees. :mischief

I wanna use the Chinnese Alphabet next

So, until the next hurricane season officially starts, they will continue down the Greek alphabet?

i say we use an arab alphabet...

 

how bout hurricane abdul or muhammad

So, until the next hurricane season officially starts, they will continue down the Greek alphabet?

 

no, as soon as 2006 starts they go back to the english alphabet...for instance if TS Zeta would have formed on jan 1 of 2006 it would have been named TS Alberto ...i believe

That would be correct Rorod.

 

 

 

 

Amazing, first time since Hurricane Alice2 in the 50s that a storm has been able to breach two years.

Another tropical storm? Incredible!

 

How fitting though given how crazy this season has been.

 

Has there ever been a named tropical storm in the Atlantic on December 31?

Exciting stuff...

Another tropical storm? Incredible!

 

How fitting though given how crazy this season has been.

 

Has there ever been a named tropical storm in the Atlantic on December 31?

See my above post.

 

 

Haha the NHC, I believe, will give up on ever trying to predict the intensities of subtropic systems. The GFDL looks like it may be right, again, this year and Zeta could reach hurricane status for at least one advisory cycle!

i say we use an arab alphabet...

 

how bout hurricane abdul or muhammad

 

 

 

what color would be coded?