Tropical Storm Emily

NOAA ^ | July 10, 2005 | National Hurricane Center

[varina davis]

BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM AST SUN JUL 10 2005

...FIFTH TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 42.9 WEST OR ABOUT 1280 MILES...2055 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON MONDAY.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...10.8 N... 42.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.

FORECASTER STEWART

[Dog Gone]

I was the guy complaining that my posts looked like the cross-dressing Classy Greeneyed Girl.

By the looks of the satellite, we might as well name TD5, "Tropical Storm Emily."

Visual satellite

[SlowBoat407]

Just came back from a wonderful vacation in Edisto Island, SC. I hope and pray this glorious place is spared.

I'm just thinking the country should set aside one spot on the Gulf Coast and one spot on the Southeast Coast with absolutely no development of any kind. That way, we can all pray for the hurricanes to hit the same spot, rather than just saying, "please don't let it hit me".

[SlowBoat407]

Dang! It looks like the TD spun off a twin! That last frame shows two separate cells!

[Dog Gone]

We'll have to see. I'd bet that convection gets reabsorbed. I've never seen a system clone itself, but it'd sure be fun to watch.

[TheForceOfOne]

Question: How many times can a Hurricane be named Dennis? or any other name repeatedly. They already used Dennis is 1999.

[SlowBoat407]

Names are constantly recycled unles a storm reaches a certain level of destruction. Camille and Andrew are two that will never be used again, for example.

[Dog Gone]

The Retirement of Hurricane Names

Hurricanes that have a severe impact on lives or the economy are remembered generations after the devastation they caused, and some go into weather history. The National Hurricane Center near Miami, Florida, monitors tropical disturbances in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans which could become a hurricane.

Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request that the name of the hurricane be "retired" by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc. and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name. If that happens, a like gender name is selected in English, Spanish or French for Atlantic Storms.

There is an exception to the retirement rule, however. Before 1979, when the first permanent six-year storm name list began, some storm names were simply not used anymore. For example, in 1966, "Fern" was substituted for "Frieda," and no reason was cited.

Below is a list of Atlantic Ocean retired names, the years the hurricanes occurred, and the areas they affected. There are, however, a great number of destructive storms not included on this list because they occurred before the hurricane naming convention was established in 1950.

Atlantic Storms Retired Into Hurricane History

Agnes (1972§*): Florida, Northeast U.S.
Alicia (1983*): North Texas
Allen (1980*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Andrew (1992*): Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana
Anita (1977): Mexico
Audrey (1957§*): Louisiana, North Texas
Betsy (1965§*): Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana
Beulah (1967*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Bob (1991*): North Carolina & Northeast U.S.
Camille (1969§*): Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Carla (1961§*): Texas
Carmen (1974): Mexico, Central Louisiana
Carol (1954§*): Northeast U.S.
Cesar (1996): Honduras
Celia (1970*): South Texas
Cleo (1964*): Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida
Connie (1955§): North Carolina
David (1979): Lesser Antilles, Hispañola, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Diana (1990): Mexico
Diane (1955§*): Mid-Atlantic U.S. & Northeast U.S.
Donna (1960§*): Bahamas, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Dora (1964*): Northeast Florida
Edna (1968)
Elena (1985*): Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida
Eloise (1975*): Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama
Fifi (1974): Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana
Flora (1963): Haiti, Cuba
Floyd (1999): North Carolina, eastern seaboard
Fran (1996): North Carolina
Frederic (1979*): Alabama and Mississippi
Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Gloria (1985*): North Carolina, Northeast U.S.
Hattie (1961): Belize, Guatemala
Hazel (1954§*): Antilles, North and South Carolina
Hilda (1964§*): Louisiana
Hortense (1996)
Hugo (1989*): Antilles, South Carolina
Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico
Ione (1955*): North Carolina
Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico
Joan (1988): Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (Crossed into the Pacific and became Miriam)
Klaus (1990): Martinique
Lenny (1999): Antilles
Luis (1995)
Marilyn (1995): Bermuda
Mitch (1998): Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras
Opal (1995): Florida Panhandle
Roxanne (1995): Yucatan Peninsula

KEY
§Within the list of top 37 deadliest U.S. hurricanes
* Within the list of the top 31 costliest U.S. hurricanes (in 1990 dollars)
(Measurements only available through 1992 for storms that affected the U.S.)

[TheForceOfOne]

Oh, well the other Dennis reached Hurricane status in 1999. I would think that if it was considered a Hurricane that would be enough.

[SlowBoat407]

Isabel didn't make the list? Sure seemed like it should've from where I was standing.

[SlowBoat407]

Oh, well the other Dennis reached Hurricane status in 1999. I would think that if it was considered a Hurricane that would be enough.

I think it's a combination of property damage and death toll, but the names are recycled as a group every few years. I remember another Dennis from the 1980's that was described to me as "last seen heading across Texas in the back of a pickup truck."

[TheForceOfOne]

Thanks Dog,
I that is very helpful, I'm a novice at this.

[Rebelbase]

Is this what you were talking about for NC 10 days from now?

[TheForceOfOne]

"last seen heading across Texas in the back of a pickup truck."

Thats hilarious!

[Rebelbase]

Jeez, I replied to this thread earlier and don't even remember being here.

[Dog Gone]

Isabel might have made the list. That list was posted in 2002, and Isabel was a 2003 storm.

[dirtboy]

I think it's a combination of property damage and death toll, but the names are recycled as a group every few years.

There are typically ironclad retirement reasons that I have heard of:

- Landfalling Category 3

- Any Category 5

And hurricanes and tropical storms that cause a lot of death or destruction can be requested to be retired as well, often at the request of the government of the affected country. Which is why you see some names retired that you never heard of, such as Cesar.

Retired Hurricane Names 1954-2004

[Syncro]

Jeraldo is collecting his giant fans and heading out there.

He will turn on the fans and tilt into them and tell us how much danger he is in.

[Dog Gone]

Africa is sending us lots of gifts this month.

[blam]

"You deserve an award for all you did for these threads."

I agree, applause...clap, clap, clap, clap.

[RGVTx]

Geraldo fell on his butt on live TV last night. It was just replayed on Dayside. Hope you didn't miss this laugh.