Tropical Storm Beta forms off of Nicauraga.

[NNadir]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/27/beta.ap/index.html

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Tropical Storm Beta formed Thursday in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, extending this year's record of named storms in the Atlantic hurricane season.

Beta is the season's 23rd tropical storm, the most since record keeping began in 1851. The disturbance formed Wednesday night, but forecasters said it was not expected to threaten the United States.

I think this is another one that seemed to have popped up out of nowhere, and was only weakly predicted. More evidence for the fact that the models are breaking down.

[Liberal Dose]

1. HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY

Cut that out!

[maximovich]

2. Oh Jeez...

When is hurricane season over?

[NNadir]

3. It used to end on November 30.

But we're in a new climate, so who's to say?

[maximovich]

5. No Kidding...

I guess global warming has got nothing to do with this crazy weather...:sarcasm:

[BOSSHOG]

4. Current predictions look good for the U. S. Gulf Coast

not being hit by this one.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200526_model.html

Hurricane season ends 30 November.

[stop the bleeding]

8. Look at the newest models being ran below, I goto Wunderground.com

all of the time and that model table well change here in a little bit, just a hunch.

[stop the bleeding]

6. Latest models on Beta

Beta


Notice how the NHC's track is not updated yet? This storm bears watching. I have been saying it for 2 days now. This is where Wilma formed, very hot water here, Wilma was 882mb lowest on record, 5 feet of rain on the Yucatan. Got stronger when it went over Florida, would not die on the open Atlantic even with strong cross winds. People need to throw all past knowledge about storms and the hurricane seasons out the window, because there are new rules being established.

Here is what would be Gamma.



What would happen if these storms would combine?
Which name would used?

Another page here showing where all of the past Hurricanes have gone that originated where Beta is - doesn't mean much but still pretty interesting.

http://www.hurricanecity.com/grids/grid23.htm

We may end up having T. Storms all year round if the ocean keeps getting hotter and hotter.

[phantom power]

7. We'll have to see what it does...

"Although conditions are barely marginal for development, seems that marginal has taken on a new meaning this year -- so all
these systems bear watching."
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/SteveGregory/show.html

[bostonbabs]

9. what happened to.....XYZ....

X...Xaveriera (Hollander)
Y...Yoko (Ono)
Z..Zazu (Pitts)

......infamous women?

[NNadir]

10. You can vote on X here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4179858

[bostonbabs]

13. thank you n/t

[phantom power]

11. Gamma seems like a foregone conclusion. I now predict Epsilon...

sometime in early December.

[stop the bleeding]

12. What alphabet do we use when we run out of greek letters? n/t

[NNadir]

14. Cyrillic?

[hatrack]

15. Why not hiragana or katakana?

Something about "Tropical Storm Fu" or "Hurricane Ka" is vaguely appealing . . .

[stop the bleeding]

16. Someone posted here on DU once that Storms should be named

after animals. ie: Hurricane Aardvark :rofl:

Of course Hurricane Kimono Dragon(not sure if Kimono is spelled right) might not sound so funny.

[Boomer]

20. That would be "Komodo"

Unless of course, you really did mean a formally dressed Japanese dragon? :evilgrin:

[NNadir]

17. Can we string two hiragana together?

as in hurricane shi-tsu?

If so, I'm for it. Let's write a letter to the World Meterological Society.

[hatrack]

19. Maybe Hurricane Ba-Ka?

;-)

[Systematic Chaos]

18. According to the wunderground blogs...

...Delta is now a possibility as well, forming closer to the eastern part of the Atlantic, no less! Tropical storm formation in that area this late in the season is yet another rarity that we will have to reconsider as such. :eyes: