Tropical Storm Gamma Threatens Florida
Posted on November 18, 2005
Yet another tropical system has formed in the Caribbean. The new system, Tropical Storm Gamma, is a threat to South Florida according to the National Hurricane Center. Gamma currently has sustained winds of 45 mph and is expected to strengthen. The storm is expected to move North and then quickly to the Northeast. The official NHC forecast shows Gamma making a landfall in South Florida on Monday. South Florida is still recovering from a hard hit by Hurricane Wilma. Gamma is the 24th named tropical storm of this incredibly active hurricane season. The Sun-Sentinel has an article about the approaching tropical storm:
Forming in the western Caribbean on Friday, Tropical Storm Gamma was projected to aim for southwest Florida by Monday afternoon and arrive over this region by that evening possibly with winds up to 65 mph, heavy rains and a high potential for tornadoes -- exactly one month after Wilma.The good news, at this point: Gamma was not expected to grow into a hurricane but rather remain a tropical storm. Further, a cold front could weaken the storm or guide south of the state, said Jamie Rhome, meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami Dade County.
Residents should watch it carefully, but don't panic, he said.
"While we want people to pay really close attention to this system, we don't want mass hysteria, given South Florida's sensitivity to tropical systems," he said.
