000 ABNT30 KNHC 011441 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM EDT TUE NOV 1 2005 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES...INCLUDING FOUR HURRICANES AND TWO TROPICAL STORMS...FORMED DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. IN ADDITION...A SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED DURING THE MONTH...AND A SEPTEMBER DEPRESSION CARRIED OVER INTO OCTOBER. THE SIX NAMED STORMS THAT FORMED IN OCTOBER TIES A RECORD LAST SET IN 1950. THUS FAR IN 2005...THERE HAVE BEEN 23 NAMED STORMS...WITH 13 BECOMING HURRICANES AND 7 BECOMING MAJOR HURRICANES. WITH ONE MONTH STILL REMAINING...THE 2005 HURRICANE SEASON HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED NEW RECORDS FOR THE MOST NAMED STORMS AND HURRICANES IN A SINGLE YEAR. BASED ON THE AVERAGE FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS...IN A NORMAL SEASON THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 10 TO 11 NAMED STORMS AND 6 HURRICANE FORMATIONS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINETEEN FORMED IN LATE SEPTEMBER... DISSIPATING ON 2 OCTOBER ABOUT 780 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. STAN DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT GENERATED A PERSISTENT AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IN LATE SEPTEMBER. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EVENTUALLY FORMED ON 1 OCTOBER ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO. THE CYCLONE MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...ATTAINING TROPICAL STORM STATUS JUST BEFORE CROSSING THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF TULUM MEXICO ON 2 OCTOBER. STAN TRAVERSED YUCATAN AND WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION...BUT IT SOON REGAINED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AFTER IT MOVED INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE ON 3 OCTOBER. THE STORM TURNED FROM A WESTWARD TO A SOUTHWESTWARD HEADING...AND CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN. STAN BECAME A HURRICANE AS IT NEARED THE COAST OF MEXICO ON 4 OCTOBER AND IT MADE LANDFALL THAT DAY ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF VERACRUZ WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH. THE CYCLONE WEAKENED RAPIDLY AFTER MOVING INLAND AND DISSIPATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO ON 5 OCTOBER. AROUND THE TIME OF STAN'S EXISTENCE...TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSED SEVERE FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES OVER PORTIONS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. THERE WERE 652 DEATHS REPORTED IN GUATEMALA AND 133 WERE REPORTEDLY KILLED IN MEXICO...EL SALVADOR...NICARAGUA...HONDURAS... AND COSTA RICA. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE...HOWEVER...TO DETERMINE HOW MANY OF THESE DEATHS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO STAN. TAMMY WAS A SHORT-LIVED TROPICAL STORM THAT DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST AS A RESULT OF COMPLEX INTERACTION BETWEEN AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW AND A TROPICAL WAVE. EARLY ON 5 OCTOBER...TAMMY QUICKLY DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL STORM ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. THE CYCLONE MOVED STEADILY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD PARALLEL TO THE FLORIDA EAST COAST MOST OF THAT DAY UNTIL IT TURNED NORTHWESTWARD AND MADE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST NEAR MAYPORT VERY LATE THAT DAY WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH. TAMMY MOVED WESTWARD OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA ON 6 OCTOBER BEFORE BECOMING ABSORBED BY A LARGER EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO STRUCTURES... BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3-5 INCHES DID PRODUCE SOME MINOR FLOODING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. SHORT-LIVED SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-TWO FORMED ON 8 OCTOBER ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA FROM A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE CYCLONE MOVED NORTHWESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND SOON DEGENERATED INTO A LOW PRESSURE AREA ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA EARLY ON 9 OCTOBER. VINCE...THE FIRST KNOWN TROPICAL CYCLONE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN SPAIN...DEVELOPED FROM A NON-TROPICAL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...GRADUALLY ACQUIRING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM ON 9 OCTOBER ABOUT 515 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES. IT STRENGTHENED AND BECAME A HURRICANE LATER THAT DAY AS IT MOVED SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE MADEIRA ISLANDS. IT WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM THE NEXT DAY AS IT ACCELERATED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. ON 11 OCTOBER...VINCE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION SHORTLY BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL NEAR HUELVA SPAIN. VINCE LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS SHORTLY AFTER MAKING LANDFALL. WILMA FORMED FROM A LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER THAT STRETCHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GRADUALLY BECAME DEFINED NEAR JAMAICA AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DEVELOPED ABOUT 215 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN ON 15 OCTOBER. THE TROPICAL CYCLONE MOVED ERRATICALLY SOUTHWARD FOR TWO DAYS WHILE SLOWLY STRENGTHENING INTO A TROPICAL STORM. WILMA BECAME A HURRICANE AND BEGAN A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION ON 18 OCTOBER. LATER THAT DAY...WILMA BEGAN TO STRENGTHEN VERY RAPIDLY. ON 19 OCTOBER IT BECAME A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE... AND ITS MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE DROPPED TO AN ESTIMATED 882 MB... WHILE ITS VERY SMALL EYE WAS CENTERED ABOUT 365 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL. THIS IS THE LOWEST PRESSURE ON RECORD FOR A HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. WILMA'S MAXIMUM INTENSITY IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 175 MPH. ON 20 OCTOBER WILMA WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AND TURNED NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. ON 21 OCTOBER...THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL OVER COZUMEL...AND EARLY THE NEXT DAY IT MADE LANDFALL OVER THE NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA...BOTH AT CATEGORY 4 INTENSITY. WILMA MOVED SLOWLY AND WEAKENED OVER NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN AND EMERGED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO EARLY ON 23 OCTOBER AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE. LATER THAT DAY IT TURNED NORTHEASTWARD AND ACCELERATED TOWARD THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE HURRICANE STRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...AND IT MADE LANDFALL NEAR CAPE ROMANO ON 24 OCTOBER WITH CATEGORY 3 INTENSITY. THE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD...CROSSING FLORIDA IN LESS THAN 5 HOURS. WILMA MOVED INTO THE ATLANTIC JUST TO THE NORTH OF PALM BEACH AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE. IT REGAINED CATEGORY 3 STATUS JUST OFF THE CENTRAL EAST COAST OF FLORIDA...AND GRADUALLY WEAKENED THEREAFTER. THE HURRICANE MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ABOUT 205 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA ON 25 OCTOBER. AT THIS TIME...25 DEATHS HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO WILMA...12 IN HAITI...1 IN JAMAICA...6 IN MEXICO...AND 6 IN FLORIDA. WILMA CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN...INCLUDING CANCUN AND COZUMEL...AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA. THE HURRICANE ALSO PRODUCED MAJOR FLOODING OVER WESTERN CUBA. DAMAGE FIGURES ARE INCOMPLETE. TROPICAL STORM ALPHA FORMED FROM A VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE WHICH CROSSED THE WINDWARD ISLANDS ON 21 OCTOBER. SHOWER ACTIVITY BECAME CONCENTRATED SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO...AND RADAR DATA FROM THE ISLAND HELPED DETERMINE THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED EARLY ON 22 OCTOBER. THE DEPRESSION BECAME TROPICAL STORM ALPHA LATER THAT DAY. ALPHA MOVED NORTHWESTWARD AND DATA FROM HISPANIOLA INDICATE THAT THE CYCLONE MADE LANDFALL NEAR BARARHONA IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH 50 MPH WINDS. ALPHA WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF HISPANIOLA...AND IT CONTINUED NORTHWESTWARD AND NORTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE ATLANTIC ON 23 OCTOBER. THE CYCLONE WEAKENED TO A TROUGH AS IT APPROACHED THE MUCH LARGER CIRCULATION OF HURRICANE WILMA ON 24 OCTOBER. ALPHA CAUSED 20 DEATHS IN HISPANIOLA...PRIMARY FROM FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINS. BETA DEVELOPED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA FROM A TROPICAL WAVE. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMED ALONG THE WAVE AXIS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA ON 25 OCTOBER. THE SYSTEM BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 170 MILES EAST OF THE COSTA RICA-NICARAGUA BORDER. THE DEPRESSION MOVED SLOWLY NORTHWARD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS...BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM ON 27 OCTOBER. BETA STRENGTHENED INTO A HURRICANE ON 29 OCTOBER NEAR PROVIDENCIA ISLAND. IT THEN TURNED WESTWARD AND WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD AND STRENGTHENED INTO A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON 30 OCTOBER. BETA WEAKENED SLIGHTLY LATER THAT DAY AND MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE CENTRAL EAST COAST OF NICARAGUA NEAR LA BARRA. THE CYCLONE MOVED WESTWARD OVER LAND AND DISSIPATED OVER WESTERN NICARAGUA EARLY ON 31 OCTOBER. BETA CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ON PROVIDENCIA ISLAND. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES WAS REPORTED ALONG THE CENTRAL NICARAGUAN COAST. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALSO OCCURRED IN HONDURAS. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND DEATHS U.S. DAMAGE MPH $MILLION --------------------------------------------------------------- TD NINETEEN 30 SEP - 2 OCT 30 0 0 H STAN 1-5 OCT 80 100 ** TS TAMMY 5-6 OCT 50 0 ** STD TWENTY-TWO 8-9 OCT 35 0 0 H VINCE 9-11 OCT 75 ** 0 H WILMA 15-25 OCT 175 25* ** TS ALPHA 22-24 OCT 50 20 0 H BETA 26-31 OCT 115 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) * PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE ** UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME FORECASTER BEVEN/STEWART/PASCH/FRANKLIN/KNABB/AVILA $$
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