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Tropical Storm ZETA

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  • 30-12-2005 5:46pm
    #1
    Dale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭


    Well, an area of low pressure has turned into a tropical storm about an hour-or-so ago, and the National Hurricane Center ("NHC"), will be releasing details within the next hour.

    Current Location:
    1000 miles south-southwest of the Azores

    -- NHC


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    #2
    D-Generate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭D-Generate


    Aw what would come after Zeta? Ah well the year is over now so on to the names again.


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    Dale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭Dale


    Unsure. But yeah, as you said the names will restart in Jan. Hmmm has there ever been a tropical storm in December ???

    Public Advisory : 30th December 2005 
    ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
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.


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    Mothman
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    Dale wrote:
    Hmmm has there ever been a tropical storm in December ???

    There were 2 that started in Dec 2003,
    Odette and Peter


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    Dale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭Dale


    Mothman wrote:
    There were 2 that started in Dec 2003,
    Odette and Peter
    Ahhh, so it ain't uncommon for it to happen then.


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    Mothman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    Dale wrote:
    Ahhh, so it ain't uncommon for it to happen then.

    Oh I think it is, just that there happen to be 2 in 2003 and pehaps just 1 or 2 before then.

    I'm sure Billy TS will add more when he's here.

    For archives have a look here


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    Dale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭Dale


    Mothman wrote:
    Oh I think it is, just that there happen to be 2 in 2003 and pehaps just 1 or 2 before then.

    I'm sure Billy TS will add more when he's here.

    For archives have a look here
    Thank you for the link, just checking it out now.


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    Mothman
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    a hurricane in early January 1955

    This is a pdf report about Hurricane Alice, about 1.5 megs


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    FuzzyZoeller
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭FuzzyZoeller


    Looks like Zeta may yet become a hurricane...

    From the NHC:
    ...THE WESTERLY SHEAR OVER ZETA COULD LESSEN SUBSTANTIALLY
    OVER THE NEXT 12-24 HOURS AND THE GFDL'S FORECAST OF A HURRICANE
    DOESN'T LOOK SO UNREASONABLE ANY MORE.

    Yet another record waiting to be broken...

    Again from the same NHC discussion:
    NO KNOWN HURRICANE HAS EVER FORMED DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

    The 05 season just doesn't want to end.... or should that be the 06 season can't wait to get started :D


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    billy the squid
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    its the 05 season still. any storms that form before february 28th will go on the 2005 list.


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    Mothman
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    billy the squid wrote:
    its the 05 season still. any storms that form before february 28th will go on the 2005 list.

    That isn't my reading of this quote from here
    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.


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    billy the squid
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    zeta now a Tropical depression.

    so brings to an end yet another ending to the 2005 hurricane season.

    anyone want to take a bet on theta, seven weeks to go until the new names start being used.


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    billy the squid
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    Mothman wrote:
    That isn't my reading of this quote from here

    fair enough. alberta would be the next one then.


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    billy the squid
    Registered Users Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭billy the squid


    Zeta is back
    000
    WTNT35 KNHC 052018
    TCPAT5
    BULLETIN
    TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER 26
    NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
    5 PM AST THU JAN 05 2006

    ...TENACIOUS ZETA STILL HANGING ON TO TROPICAL STORM STATUS
    OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...

    AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
    NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 48.2 WEST OR ABOUT 1020
    MILES...1640 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

    ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH ...13 KM/HR...AND
    THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
    GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

    TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES
    ...150 KM FROM THE CENTER.

    THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

    REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...23.0 N... 48.2 W. MOVEMENT
    TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
    WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.

    THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
    AT 11 PM AST.

    FORECASTER STEWART


    $$


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    #15
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Will it ever end?


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