Tropical Depression ALPHA Public Advisory Home Public Adv Fcst/Adv Discussion Maps/Charts Archive 000 WTNT35 KNHC 242143 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA WEAKENS TO A TROUGH... AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROUGH NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 70.0 WEST OR ABOUT 385 MILES... 620 KM... SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. THE REMNANTS OF THE DEPRESSION ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...UNTIL THE SYSTEM IS ABSORBED BY HURRICANE WILMA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...TO THE EAST OF THE TROUGH. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...29.0 N... 70.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FORECASTER BEVEN $$
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Tropical Storm Alpha formed Saturday in the Caribbean to break the record for most tropical storms in an  ever, making it the 22nd storm of the year. It is also the first storm to be named with a letter of the Greek alphabet. Wilma exhausted the English alphabetic list as the 21st named storm; the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are skipped when naming  storms.

Currently, the storm has sustained winds of 40mph, which is only 1mph over the threshold for a tropical storm. It is centered about 70 miles south of , Dominican Republic. A tropical storm warning has been issued for Haiti and portions of the Dominican Republic.

According to scientists, since 1995 an increase in hurricane activity has been due to a rise in ocean temperatures and decrease of wind shear that rip apart hurricanes.

The prior record has stood since the . However the season does not end till November 30, leaving room for more storms to form and shatter the record. Scientists have noted that the number of very strong hurricanes is likely to increase further in future years as the effects of global warming increase. Researcher Dr Peter Webster stated that "What I think we can say is that the increase in (hurricane) intensity is probably accounted for by the increase in sea-surface temperature, and I think probably the sea-surface temperature increase is a manifestation of global warming."