On Jun 30, 3:00*pm, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
"Martin Rowley" wrote in message

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"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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" MIAMI, June 29 (UPI) -- Alex Tuesday became the first
hurricane of the 2010 season and the first June hurricane since
1955, forecasters in Miami said."

... I hadn't realised that it was so long since we had an (Atlantic?)
hurricane in June.

... apologies to all: it's been nagging me all morning since I posted that
... I should have checked with the NHC advisory which is repeated (in
part) below: the first June Atlantic hurricane since 1995 (Allison 3rd-6th
June), not 1955!

" ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
HURRICANE ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER *18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL * * AL012010
1000 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2010

...ALEX BECOMES THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE 2010 SEASON AND THE FIRST
JUNE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SINCE 1995... "

Martin.

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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N * Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

Look at the central pressure of Alex... 959mb, remarkably low for a
Cat 1 hurricane; more typical of a Cat 3, I would have thought. *This
is some 28mb deeper than the June 1995 hurricane ("Allison").

Perhaps it is this aspect that should get the experts reaching for the
record books. *When was the last time (if at all) such low pressure
was recorded in the North Atlantic basin in association with a June
named system?

Nigel

Can't believe it's time for an "Alex" again already. The system which
developed from the last "Alex", in 2004, was notable over here for
seemingly barging into an established hot spell and setting up the
pattern which led to the warm wet August of that year.

Doesn't look like this "Alex" is on the same path as that one
though...

Nick