Hurricane Vince forms in the far east Altantic(very odd)

HNC

[janetjanet998]

amazing..a hurricane has formed off the coast of Portugal..this is the first time a known tropical system has formed in the area..and its a hurricane! The odd thing is it formed over water of only 73 degrees or so..which in theory shouldn't even support a tropical depression (need 78+ for tropical systems)..people in the weather world are in shock

[lexington minuteman 1775]

So with a name like Vinnie, we can surmise that Italy will invade Portugal?Or Karl Rove has TWO of those blasted hurricane machines? Or...?

[nwctwx]

Thanks... it is quite peculiar to see a hurricane in that region. I do not believe one has ever formed there... some have passed close by.

Very compact storm as well, quite interesting. Waters aren't even really warm enough to sustain a hurricane, so it might go extratropical soon.

[P.O.E.]

Are we headed for another smackdown?

[hosepipe]

[ Yo, Vinnie. ....whaddya doin'? ]

Rollin in his grave over the 60 minutes Clinton Whitewash tonight(Vince Foster).. HOLD IT can you feel it.. The boy is doin about 5000 RPM... and the show isnt even on YET..

[AntiGuv]

Not as peculiar as the 1995 Mediterranean hurricane though!

[The South Texan]

Better get FEMA and some school buses over there.

[socal_parrot]

What?

[nwctwx]

That's true. 1995 was a big tropical year in the northern atlantic as well. SSTs were warm across much of the northern hemisphere. Just about the beginning of the multi decade cycle we are in now.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Better get FEMA and some school buses over there."

SCHOOL buses? Move your @sses. Get every Greyhound in the EU down to Portugal, and get them down there right now.

[dakine]

Cool picture...

[Denver Ditdat]

All together now: "It's Bush's fault"!!!!

Auggghhhh!

Can't we change that to "All your fault are belong to Bush" or something else? Please?

"It's Bush's fault" is about as fresh as "Dy-no-MITE!", "Nanu-nanu!", "Ayyyyyy!", "Looking goooood !!", or "We're two WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!"

[RegulatorCountry]

"Dy-no-MITE!", "Nanu-nanu!", "Ayyyyyy!", "Looking goooood !!", or "We're two WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!"

That you even know these phrases makes you just soooo last century, lol.

[Cvengr]

The weather machine seems to need a few more modifications.....

[Fudd Fan]

"Where?"

[janetjanet998]

yes but that "thing" formed in JAN...i assume SST must of been only in thr 60's in the MED at that time..not nearly warm enough to get energy from latent heat water...for some reason i recall some researcher tryng to claim that hurricanes form in the artic too..and he was claiming they were warmer core systems or something..that 1995 MED hurricane and now vince may have researchers going back to the drawing board

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, somewhere someone on the left is getting ready to damn Bush tomorrow for not evacuating people in advance of Vince's landfall. Dem Governors and Mayors can relax.

[JRios1968]

How about "wassuppppp"???

[RegulatorCountry]

"How about "wassuppppp"???"

LOL. I think "It's Bush's fault" is da bomb.

[Recovering_Democrat]

George W. Bush created this hurricane to punish Spain for electing a socialist government and surrendering to the terrorists after the March 11 attacks.< \liberal democrat>

[JRios1968]

LOL. I think "It's Bush's fault" is da bomb.

"Fo' shizzle!"