TS Rita

[Theunicornhunter 2]

Yet another storm churning towards the Gulf...but only expected to be a Cat 1. I really wonder if they'll run out of names this year - there are four more names left. The greatest number of named storms was 21 in 1933.

[Itchygomba69 0]

Philipe is now a Hurricane heading towards Bermuda

[sea trooper 0]

That's all we need...

[Jack_Bauer 1]

Yet another storm churning towards the Gulf...but only expected to be a Cat 1.  I really wonder if they'll run out of names this year - there are four more names left.  The greatest number of named storms was 21 in 1933.

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If they run out of names, they go to the letter of the Greek alphabet. Watch out for the unprecedented Hurricane Alpha (hopefully not).

 

21 in 1933? I didn't think the naming system was that old. That would have been a V name, wow. (Q, X, Y, and Z aren't used)

[LordOfTheBorg 1]

Wait, i don't understand this naming system... hasn't there only been 2 or 3 hurricanes this year? (i know about Katrina and Ophelia)

[Jack_Bauer 1]

The Atlantic naming system consists of 22 names (all letters of alphabet in order, excluding Q, X, Y, Z,) that alternate between male and female names. There are six seperate lists (three start male, three start female and they alternate) that rotate every six years. A name is removed from a list if the storm is particularly bad or causes a great deal of death (from the last season Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne were all retired, this season I would bet that Dennis, Emily and Katrina will be retired).

A tropical depression is numbered based on where it lies in the season, it can later develops into a tropical storm which is named with the next available name of the list and it keeps this name if it becomes a hurricane.

 

In this season, the list goes as follows:

-TS Arlene

-TS Bret

-TS Cindy

-Hurricane Dennis

-Hurricane Emily

-TS Franklin

-TS Gert

-TS Harvey

-Hurricane Irene

-Tropical Depression Ten

-TS Jose

-Hurricane Katrina

-TS Lee

-Hurricane Maria

-Hurricane Nate

-Hurricane Ophelia

-Hurricane Phillipe

-TS Rita

 

Remaining names: Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma,

 

Should the count exceed 22, Greek letters are used.

 

You can learn more about this hurricane season at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season

 

More on the name lists:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_names

Edited September 19, 2005 by Jack_Bauer

[LordOfTheBorg 1]

Hmmmm... thats interesting, i never knew that, thanks Jack!

[Jim Phaserman 0]

Jack mentioned the Hurricanes from last year, From what I've heard, areas such as Pensacola, Florida are STILL rebuilding from last season's strikes. I'd expect the rebuilding from Katrina will take a few years at best. Let's just hope, though, that they don't get another one landing in there any time soon.

[Wishfire 2]

Talk about The Day After Tomorrow!

[Jack_Bauer 1]

As of 11 am EDT September 19 (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Rita was located near Long Island, Bahamas, about 195 miles (315 km) southeast of Nassau, Bahamas, and 430 miles (690 km) east-southeast of Key West, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). Rita is moving west near 12 mph (19 km/h) and is forecast to pass over or just south of the Florida Keys into the Gulf of Mexico and reach hurricane status Monday afternoon or evening. In addition, Rita is forecast to become a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in the next few days before a possible final landfall, most likely on the northern Mexico or Texas coast.

 

This is the current status of TS Rita from the Wikipedia. This doesn't sound good. The area where Katrina made landfall will not be hit directly but will probably get some nasty weather.

 

Here's the current 5 day track:

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[Yillara Skye 1]

Jack mentioned the Hurricanes from last year, From what I've heard, areas such as Pensacola, Florida are STILL rebuilding from last season's strikes. I'd expect the rebuilding from Katrina will take a few years at best. Let's just hope, though, that they don't get another one landing in there any time soon.

 

 

Yes, it is true.. they are still rebuilding from the four that hit last year. Not to mention Dennis wreaked havoc this year, and FL kinda got a little bit in the way of Katrina (the Miami landfall, as well as sideswipe when it hit MS & LA).

 

 

Yeah, keeping my eye on Rita here. Though I am in St. Aug in NE Florida, I have family that live in the Keys, as well as other family throughout the state (including several relatives that had evacuated from Slidell, LA just prior to and just after Katrina hit. Happily we all finally heard from all of them and they are all safe and well...though everything they had in LA is now gone).

[Jim Phaserman 0]

As of 11 am EDT September 19 (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Rita was located near Long Island, Bahamas, about 195 miles (315 km) southeast of Nassau, Bahamas, and 430 miles (690 km) east-southeast of Key West, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). Rita is moving west near 12 mph (19 km/h) and is forecast to pass over or just south of the Florida Keys into the Gulf of Mexico and reach hurricane status Monday afternoon or evening. In addition, Rita is forecast to become a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in the next few days before a possible final landfall, most likely on the northern Mexico or Texas coast.

 

This is the current status of TS Rita from the Wikipedia. This doesn't sound good. The area where Katrina made landfall will not be hit directly but will probably get some nasty weather.

 

Here's the current 5 day track:

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They are projecting that now, but Rita could take a slight (and all it would take is about 20 degrees) right turn and New Orleans will get hit again. Which is why Mayor Nagin cancelled his plans for people to come back in. By the end of the week, New Orleans could again be flooded. Let us hope and pray that such is not the case, though.

[Jack_Bauer 1]

Yet another storm churning towards the Gulf...but only expected to be a Cat 1.  I really wonder if they'll run out of names this year - there are four more names left.  The greatest number of named storms was 21 in 1933.

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The naming system began in 1953. There were 21 tropical cyclones in 1933 but they had no names.

 

On a sidenote, Rita is only the second storm ever to have a name that starts with R since the naming system began in 1953 (the only other storm was Hurricane Roxanne in 1995).

 

The hurricane season lasts until November 30th, so the 1933 record could be broken.

Edited September 21, 2005 by Jack_Bauer