Hurricane Vince
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Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season |
Hurricane Vince was an unusual
Vince developed from an
Meteorological history
On 5 October, an operationally
Soon after it became a tropical storm on 9 October near Madeira, with a ragged eye already present,[2] the NHC officially named it Tropical Storm Vince and began to issue advisories.[3] At the time there was some uncertainty as to whether Vince was tropical or subtropical but, in his post-season analysis, forecaster James L. Franklin of the NHC conceded that Vince had formed as a subtropical storm and had evolved into a tropical storm before it was named.[1] The storm's ragged eye quickly solidified and contracted into a "bona fide" eye with a diameter of 25 km (16 mi).[4] This increase in organization was accompanied by strengthening, and Vince reached its peak strength as a hurricane with 120 km/h (75 mph) winds later that day. The NHC forecasters decided that "if it looks like a hurricane, it probably is, despite its environment and unusual location".[4]
Hurricane Vince's impressive organization was very short lived as westerly wind shear began to erode the eye within hours.[5] In response, the storm weakened to a tropical storm shortly thereafter.[6] A broad low-level trough approached the storm from the northwest,[5] pulling the convection northward as the storm's low-level center accelerated eastward.[6][7] On 10 October, two brief bursts of convection surprised forecasters, but with the sea surface temperature as low as 22 °C (72 °F), the flares were not sustained.[8][9] Vince continued to weaken as it approached the Iberian Peninsula and became a tropical depression on 11 October, shortly before it made landfall near Huelva, Spain. The fast-moving tropical depression quickly dissipated over land.[1] Its remnants moved across southern Spain, dumping rain on the drought-ridden region, and moved into the Mediterranean Sea south of Alicante in the early hours of 12 October.[2]
Preparations and impact
The Spanish Center for Emergency Coordination declared a rain pre-emergency for the province of
Spain's population, which had been battling fires after a record breaking summer drought, welcomed the rains brought by Vince's remnants.
Records and naming
Subtropical Storm Vince formed in an unusual location in the far-eastern Atlantic,
When Vince formed on 8 October it marked the first time in recorded history that a 21st tropical or subtropical storm had ever developed within a single Atlantic hurricane season. The previous record of 20 storms was set by the
See also
- Other storms of the same name
- Timeline of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical cyclone effects in Europe
- 1842 Madeira hurricane, made landfall in Spain
- Hurricane Ophelia (2017), easternmost Atlantic Basin major hurricane on record
- Hurricane Leslie (2018), extratropical remnant made landfall in Portugal
- Subtropical Storm Alpha (2020), made landfall in Portugal
References
- ^ a b c d e f g James L. Franklin (22 February 2006). "Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Vince" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b Staff (13 October 2005). "13 Oct 2005 ...'Hurricane Vince' visits southern Spain". Malaga Weather Channel. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Richard Knabb (9 October 2005). "Tropical Storm Vince Discussion Number 1". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b Richard Knabb (9 October 2005). "Hurricane Vince Discussion Number 2". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b Richard Pasch (9 October 2005). "Hurricane Vince Discussion Number 3". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b Franklin (14 August 2011). "Hurricane Vince Discussion Number 4". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ Richard Knabb (10 October 2005). "Hurricane Vince Discussion Number 5". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Richard Knabb (10 October 2005). "Hurricane Vince Discussion Number 6". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Stacy Stewart (10 October 2005). "Hurricane Vince Discussion Number 7". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Staff Writer (12 October 2005). "Protección Civil alerta a cinco comunidades por la lluvia y el viento" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ a b Javier Mesa (13 October 2005). "Las lluvias sólo frenan un 0,1% la pérdida de agua" (in Spanish). 20 minutos. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ César-Javier Palacios (14 October 2005). "Fuentes sin agua" (in Spanish). 20 minutos. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ a b Staff Writer (13 October 2005). "Llueve en sólo dos días más que en todo el verano" (in Spanish). 20 minutos. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ Staff Writer (13 October 2005). "Problemas en varias carreteras de la provincia" (in Spanish). Diario Cordoba. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ "Consideraciones sobre el ciclón Vince: sus efectos sobre la península Ibérica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- ^ Knabb (9 October 2005). "Tropical Storm Vince Advisory Number 1". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- ^ Stewart (27 October 2019). "Hurricane Pablo Advisory Number 8". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- S2CID 1785238. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ Alvarez-Wertz, Jane (14 September 2020). "Tropical Storm Vicky becomes 20th named storm of the 2020 season, 5 named storms currently in Atlantic". wavy.com. Portsmouth, Virginia: WAVY-TV. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Fox 13 News (18 September 2020). "Tropical Storm Wilfred forms in Atlantic, using final name on NHC's 2020 list". Tampa, Florida: WTVT. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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External links
- The NHC's archive on Hurricane Vince
- The NHC's Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Vince (PDF)
- (in Spanish) Especial -> Huracán Vince: seguimiento, fotos, datos, opiniones sobre origen