Tropical Storm Ophelia forms over the open Atlantic

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#ENVIRONMENT OCTOBER 9, 2017 / 10:55 AM / UPDATED 26 MINUTES AGO

Tropical Storm Ophelia forms over the open Atlantic

Reuters Staff

(Reuters) - Tropical Depression Seventeen strengthened into Tropical Storm Ophelia over the open Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

Ophelia, the fifteenth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was about 860 miles (1385 km) west-southwest of the Azores, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km per hour), the NHC added.

Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-ophelia-nhc/tropical-storm-ophelia-forms-over-the-open-atlantic-idUSKBN1CE1Q6

[Joanie Baloney]

1. We are going to run out of alphabet soon

Hurricane Yvette? Zach? Wow.

-JB

[Historic NY]

5. Next one starts with (P)

[defacto7]

2. Pretty far north to affect north america

although it happened. It's not likely to affect any any main land. The Azors may se some effects.
The ones I watch are tje ones originating just off Liberia, in that area. They can be the bad ones.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Looks like gonna be a fish storm.

Movement N/NE....

[defacto7]

4. I was looking at WU historic models

and only one storm forming at that location has touched main land. It circled around and hit south Florida as a 3 to 4. But that was unusual.
Something tells me though that historical models don't count so much anymore.