Tropical Storm Alpha May Be Forming In Caribbean

[Fred Garvin]

Damn.



MIAMI -- It may not be news that anyone wants to hear, but Local 10's Don Noe says a storm that will break the current record may be getting ready to form in the eastern Caribbean.

As of late Friday afternoon, the winds in the system were just below tropical storm strength.

If the system reaches tropical storm strength, it will be the first storm in recorded weather history to be named Alpha.

There are six lists of hurricane names that are rotated and contain 21 names each. The letters q, u, x, y and z are not represented. If the list for a year is depleted, the names given are the letters of the Greek alphabet beginning with Alpha.

If Alpha develops into a hurricane, it will be one of a kind. According to the naming policy, if a Greek-letter hurricane becomes a major storm, that letter will be retired to prevent confusion if the 21 available names in any future season are all used.

The weather system is located near the Windward and Leeward Islands east of Puerto Rico, and it is slowly moving west. It is far too early to predict how the storm might develop or where it would go.

[210]

I hope they got a plan for when they use up all the Greek letters...

[easy ed]

QUOTE(210 @ Oct 22 2005, 09:29 AM) Quoted post

I hope they got a plan for when they use up all the Greek letters...
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Pig Latin

[Jack Daniels]

QUOTE(Easy Ed @ Oct 22 2005, 08:59 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(210 @ Oct 22 2005, 09:29 AM) Quoted post

I hope they got a plan for when they use up all the Greek letters...
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Pig Latin
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Hurricane urricane-hay.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]

[ItsOnlyTheRiver]

If a hurricane was named after you, would you want it to be a weak little cat 1 or something more in the cat 5 range? I mean, I wouldn't want a weak one but maybe not something as devastating as Katrina. That could get depressing after a while hearing your name associated with so much death. I really feel sorry for all those named Katrina out there.

[Rdog3933]

I'm a'waitin for Hurricane Omicron... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img]

[BlueBrained]

alpha ALPHA (AL-fuh) First letter of the Greek alphabet.
beta BETA (BAY-tuh)
gamma GAMMA (GAM-uh)
delta DELTA (DEL-tuh)
epsilon EPSILON (EP-sil-on) The second form of the lower case epsilon is used as the “set membership” symbol.
zeta ZETA (ZAY-tuh)
eta ETA (AY-tuh)
theta THETA (THAY-tuh)
iota IOTA (eye-OH-tuh)
kappa KAPPA (KAP-uh)
lambda LAMBDA (LAM-duh)
mu MU (MYOO)
nu NU (NOO)
xi XI (KS-EYE)
omicron OMICRON (OM-i-KRON) Rarely used because it looks like an ‘o.’
pi PI (PIE) The lower-case Pi is universally used to represent that number which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The upper-case Pi is used as the “product” symbol.
rho RHO (ROW)
sigma SIGMA (SIG-muh) The capital Sigma is used as the “summation” symbol.
tau TAU (TAU)
upsilon UPSILON (OOP-si-LON)
phi PHI (FEE) The two versions of lower-case Phi are used interchangeably.
chi CHI (K-EYE)
psi PSI (SIGH)
omega OMEGA (oh-MAY-guh) Last letter of the Greek alphabet.

[Airshark]

QUOTE(ItsOnlyTheRiver @ Oct 22 2005, 10:32 AM) Quoted post

If a hurricane was named after you, would you want it to be a weak little cat 1 or something more in the cat 5 range? I mean, I wouldn't want a weak one but maybe not something as devastating as Katrina. That could get depressing after a while hearing your name associated with so much death. I really feel sorry for all those named Katrina out there.
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One was named after my wife. The following one was named after me. Coincidence?

[Damtoft]

Hurricane Mrs. Airshark?

followed by:

Hurricane Airshark?

Did they do much damage?

[SLUBLUE]

QUOTE(BlueBrained @ Oct 22 2005, 10:48 AM) Quoted post

alpha ALPHA (AL-fuh) First letter of the Greek alphabet.
beta BETA (BAY-tuh)
gamma GAMMA (GAM-uh)
delta DELTA (DEL-tuh)
epsilon EPSILON (EP-sil-on) The second form of the lower case epsilon is used as the “set membership” symbol.
zeta ZETA (ZAY-tuh)
eta ETA (AY-tuh)
theta THETA (THAY-tuh)
iota IOTA (eye-OH-tuh)
kappa KAPPA (KAP-uh)
lambda LAMBDA (LAM-duh)
mu MU (MYOO)
nu NU (NOO)
xi XI (KS-EYE)
omicron OMICRON (OM-i-KRON) Rarely used because it looks like an ‘o.’
pi PI (PIE) The lower-case Pi is universally used to represent that number which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The upper-case Pi is used as the “product” symbol.
rho RHO (ROW)
sigma SIGMA (SIG-muh) The capital Sigma is used as the “summation” symbol.
tau TAU (TAU)
upsilon UPSILON (OOP-si-LON)
phi PHI (FEE) The two versions of lower-case Phi are used interchangeably.
chi CHI (K-EYE)
psi PSI (SIGH)
omega OMEGA (oh-MAY-guh) Last letter of the Greek alphabet.
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now do it before the match goes out, pledge

[Airshark]

QUOTE(Damtoft @ Oct 22 2005, 11:44 AM) Quoted post

Hurricane Mrs. Airshark?

followed by:

Hurricane Airshark?

Did they do much damage?
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Hers did some damage, not much. Mine did some damage in Spain and Portugal, again, not much.

[Jack Daniels]

QUOTE(ItsOnlyTheRiver @ Oct 22 2005, 10:32 AM) Quoted post

If a hurricane was named after you, would you want it to be a weak little cat 1 or something more in the cat 5 range? I mean, I wouldn't want a weak one but maybe not something as devastating as Katrina. That could get depressing after a while hearing your name associated with so much death. I really feel sorry for all those named Katrina out there.
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I'd like to be category 7: The end of the world! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

At least 200 MPH windspeed.

[madyaks]

It's funny, it just runs in cycles, this year is no worse than years in the past...

Uh we ran out of name for the first time ever, Cat 5 at 175 miles per hour, lowest pressure in recorded history....

But hey, this is not anything different.