GERT (Seven)

billy the squid · 24-07-2005 7:37am #1

Every tropical depression has become a named storm so far this year. and we havent even gone into August. If june and july produced seven named storms then expect august and september to be busy.

Unlikely to reach hurricane status, as it is too close to mexico and really has no where to go as it is in the gulf. some tropical storm warnings have been issued for the east coast of mexico.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/055838.shtml?5day

satelite image
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200507_sat.html

advisory
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/240552.shtml?

Mothman · 24-07-2005 9:37am

Gert Is The Earliest 7th Named Storm On Record...breaking The Old
Record Of August 7th. The Mean Date Of Formation Being September
23rd.

billy the squid · 26-07-2005 5:01am

Mothman wrote:

Gert Is The Earliest 7th Named Storm On Record...breaking The Old
Record Of August 7th. The Mean Date Of Formation Being September
23rd.

There was talk last year that the upcoming hurricane seasons would be as busy if not busier than the ones experienced in the 1930s and 1940s. I dont know if it is a cyclical thing with hurricane seasons. but the storms in the 30s and 40s were not named.

I wonder will they get as far as the W storm, and what happens if they run out of names.

anyhow, Gert is now dissapating over the mountains of centra Mexico and the NHC have issued their last advisory for the storm.

FuzzyZoeller · 26-07-2005 9:40am

billy the squid wrote:

I wonder will they get as far as the W storm, and what happens if they run out of names.

According to Metcheck, they're named Alpha, Beta, Gamma and so on..

billy the squid · 26-07-2005 3:18pm

so you are saying that it will be like Arlene Alpha, Bret Alpha, Cindy Alpha and so on?

FuzzyZoeller · 26-07-2005 3:43pm

No, just hurricane Alpha, hurricane Beta. Very original :rolleyes:

From Metcheck.com: Each year, a total of 21 names are made available for the systems. The last time all 21 names were used was in 1933, 21 has never been matched or exceeded since.

If it is, then the Greek alphabet is used, with the first being Hurricane Alpha, Hurricane Beta and so on. The chance of this is happening is slim, however with a third of the names gone, and the fact we are only just coming up to a third of the way through the season, the record breaking season of 2005 could break a few more records.

GERT (Seven)

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