History of name Ana

[Andrew92]

Hope no one is already doing this and I've overlooked it, but I remember seeing something like this one time at GoPBI/PBP last year.

1979: A rare June storm that developed east if the Caribbean Islands. Very weak, maximum winds reached 60 mph briefly on June 22. It dissipated two days later as it approached the Windward Islands. No major effects on islands were felt.

1985: Developed and moved near Bermuda after forming from subtropical origins in mid-July. Just before becoming extratropical, on the 19th, it briefly had winds near hurricane-force at 70 mph. Not a major threat to land.

1991: A disturbance moved from the Bahamas into Florida in late June, then after reaching the Gulf of Mexico, recurved back into Florida as July began. On the 2nd, it became Ana off the Carolina states and rapidly headed out to sea, gathering maximum winds at 50 mph at its strongest before dissipating on the 5th well east of Bermuda. Some flooding was reported while it was still a disturbance over Florida, but no major damage was consequent from Ana in 1991.

1997: Developed off the Carolina States on July 1 and headed eastward and then northeastward. No threat to the United States or Bermuda and very weak, having strongest winds at 45 mph.

2003: While not a strong storm and only briefly a minor threat to Bermuda and to the Azores, of note, this is our first known April tropical storm on record! Ana's maximum winds were also not very high (50 mph), but only one other subtropical storm is known to have formed in any April (1992), and no tropical storm is known to have developed.

Of note about this name:

- Has never greatly affected land
- Never has been named as a hurricane
- Always has been an early-season name (latest a storm earned that name in season was July 16)

-Andrew92

[weatherwunder]

Awesome information, thanks for sharing.

[Colin]

Great info... thanks for sharing Andrew!

[Andrew92]

Thanks guys!

I'll have Bill up once it's fully gone.....wanna include the 2003 storms in there too to see how they compare with the old ones.

-Andrew92

[Lee]

Sounds interesting