Sunday, July 24, 2005

Status: minimum activity Well, Tropical Storm Gert went ashore this evening, and Franklin is looking sick.  If Franklin doesn't manage to rally himself, we might actually have a few days of quiet in the Atlantic basin as the Tropical Weather Outlook indicates all is quiet elsewhere.  If so, I scheduled my two weeks of active duty for the Naval Reserve quite well.  I am in Pensacola for leadership school.  Blogging will be light and restricted to the evening hours this fortnight. Jackpotzrebie comment []11:16:33 PM   trackback []

Tropical Storm Gert At  1 AM CDT, the center of newly developed Tropical Storm Gert was at 19.8 North  94.7 West, 105 miles east-southeast of Veracruz Mexico and moving to the west-northwest at 10 mph.  Maximum sustained winds are 40 mph and minimum central pressure is estimated to be 1009 millibars (29.80"). Tropical Storm Gert Special Advisory Number 3 Data from the Stepped Frequency Radiometer onboard the WP-3 research plane indicated that Gert has strenghend into a tropical storm.  It is the earliest a seventh tropical storm has formed in the recorded history of the Atlantic basin.  The previous record was August 7th and the average date is September 23. Tropical Storm Gert Discussion Number 3 Official forecast track    2005 Hurricane Season, Weather comment []2:05:51 AM   trackback []