Tropical Depression 7 upgraded to named storm Tropical Storm Gonzalo at 11:00 hours (AST) by the US National Hurricane Center. A fairly small storm in physical size it is forecast to develop into a hurricane on Thursday, but drop back to a Tropical Storm before reaching the Windward Islands. As with most storms of this size they have a tendency to fluctuate in strength, therefore close monitoring is required.
This is thought to be the earliest recorded date for a 7th named storm. The prior record was Gert (a Tropical Storm) on 24th July 2005. Ominously 2005 recorded the most number of storms at 28!
In 2005 there were also Tropical Depression 19, an unnamed Sub-Tropical Storm (Azores) and Sub-Tropical Depression 22.
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