Tropical Storm Richard

Tropical Storm Richard, Tropical Depression 19 became Tropical Storm officially Richard this morning, the 17th named storm of hurricane season. With sustained winds of 40 mph, Richard has been spinning about 235 miles south-southeast of Grand Cayman to 17 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Dennis Feltgen, a spokesperson for the Miami-based center, says:

“Given the ideal environment, some of the models are suggesting this could be a major hurricane in a few days. It’s not out of the question.”

This could be bad news for those living along the forecast track of the Gulf Coast move shows Richard in the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, before slipping into the Gulf of Mexico. By early Tuesday, he could be in the southern Gulf and some computer models show the storm by focusing on the west coast of Florida. Tropical Storm Richard.

Richard becomes a named storm, there are only four names on the list for the 2010 hurricane season, which ends November 30. If they are all used so they will move to the Greek alphabet. Currently, Shary, Tomas, Virginie, Walter left. If you are forced to go Greek, they storm if a few names like Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta. The last time that Greek names should be in the rotation was in 2005 when six Greek names were used to name storms. Tropical Storm Richard.