Sunsettommy
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You seem to have gotten some misinformation here. The first named storm, Andrea, was a tropical storm and the second, Barry, was a hurricane. Tropical depressions don't get named.Naming tropical depressions is a fine example of moving goalposts...and naming winter storms...when did tropical depressions and winter storms start getting names?You just moved the goal posts. Suddenly "named storms" isn't good enough; now it's "hurricane".Not according to NOAA..Wikipedia incorrectly names two tropical depressions that never made hurricane status... Now that's damn funny....WRONG! There have been two named storms, Andrea and Barry 2019 Atlantic hurricane season - WikipediaAnd the Polar jet has decimated all hurricane formation..8/15/2019 and still not one named storm... National Hurricane Center
Andrea was NEVER a Tropical Storm as its sustained winds peaked at 40 mph.
Barry was a WEAK Hurricane from July 11-15, never was above the minimum 75 mph, and that was for a few hours on July 13.
The season is now well below average for Tropical Storms, with NO tropical storms expected for the next 5 days:
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