Here comes Tropical Storm Gamma

[Walt Starr]

Right now it's a Tropical Depression (#27) with maximum sustained winds of 35mph. Once it gets to 39mph it'll be Tropical Storm Gamma. Lower right hand corner of this photo near the Windward Islands:

[Halliburton]

1. gamma?

when was the last time we started using greek letters?

[Tab]

3. We never have

There are 21 reserved names per season.

We've exhausted those.

Fallback position is the greek letters.

Prior to this year, we've never gone that far. But we have now.

[Walt Starr]

7. Most number of tropical depressions ever

most number of named storms ever.

Of course, records only go back to 1851, so that isn'[t saying a lot.

[whatever4]

2. Silly observation

Anyone else notice that Katrina, Rita and Wilma all ended in an "a"? I was thinking, you know, this season we should have stopped naming the storms w/names ending in "a". Until someone mentioned, I think it's correct, that all the greek alphabet ends in "a".

[arachide]

4. not all of them

epislon, mu, nu, phi, chi, psi, omicron, pi

Why do I know these things?

[Chipper Chat]

5. You forgot ROHland!

n/t

[whatever4]

6. 'cause you're smarter and more educated than I

kudos

[Beetwasher]

8. I'm Going to Turks/Caicos on Thursday

I hope it blows over by then...

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Wasn't that a flying turtle ala Godzilla?

[Walt Starr]

10. Close

That wa GAMERA, not GAMMA.

:evilgrin:

[LeftCoast]

11. What are the odds of this becoming a hurricane?

:scared:

[Walt Starr]

12. Slim

It will probably become a tropical storm later today and hit Central America later in the week as either a Tropical Storm or a Tropical Depression.

[LeftCoast]

14. That's good news at least!

Thanks! :hi:

[SoCalDem]

13. I think it will join up with the storm near it, and then central america

It looks like it has a south westerly trend..