MikeCAdministrator
(Admin)
Sun Oct 09 2005 11:00 AM
Hurricane Vince forms in the Far Eastern Atlantic

5PM Update
Vince is now the season's 11th hurricane with winds of 75mph. Weakening is expected from here and it is still expected to become extratropical within 36hr.

Original Update
Tropical Storm Vince has formed in an unusual location for Atlantic storms, in the far east Atlantic off the coast of Spain and Portugal about 225 miles northwest of the Madeira Islands.



Vince holds the record of being the highest in the alphabet storm name ever reached in the Atlantic and makes the 2005 season the 2nd most active on record with 20 storms, following only 1933's 21 storm season.



More to come later.

Vince


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