Another Zeta?

Hurricane season has been "officially" over for almost a month now, but Alan Sullivan notices a borderline tropical-ish storm out in the eastern Atlantic that the National Hurricane Center has apparently chosen not to name. He agrees with the decision to keep the storm nameless. He also compares it with Tropical Storm Zeta, which formed on my wedding day two years ago -- and which, I gather, Sullivan believes was an example of NHC count-padding. Whatever. If nothing else, Zeta made for an interesting footnote to my own personal history. (And hey, maybe the NHC will belatedly name this one, too, and the baby will be born on the same day. Wouldn't that be something?)

P.S. FWIW, Pablo would be the name. (Of the storm, not the baby.)

UPDATE: Right on cue...

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN ABOUT 950 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES HAS BEEN GRADUALLY ACQUIRING SOME SUBTROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE PAST DAY OR SO. THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN PRODUCING GALE-FORCE WINDS...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF ITS CIRCULATION CENTER...AND IT COULD BECOME A SUBTROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW AS IT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY.

I said before that "Pablo would be the name," but actually, that depends on when the storm is named. If it doesn't get a name until after midnight on January 1, it would be Arthur -- the first storm of the 2008 season.

UPDATE 2: Dr. Jeff Masters has more on proto-Pablo/Arthur, as does the Miami Herald.

Comments

[Nadine]

Speaking of storms, rain, and generally perhaps getting wet...

Would you please Scotchguard Hugh Manatee.
It's obvious that he loves you and Becky [even though NO mention was posted on his second abduction.]

It's the least you could do is to protect him now that he's home....

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