New NASA video: 21 named storms in the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season

2005 may go down in the record books as having the most named tropical storms since 1933. Hurricane Wilma formed on Saturday, October 15, in the eastern Caribbean matching the record for number of named storms in a hurricane season. Wilma reached hurricane status on Tuesday, October 18, and is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico later this week.

New NASA animations show all 21 named storms from Arlene to Wilma. Visit NASA's Hurricane Resource Web Page to download images and video: http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane

Available video formats:

720 x 486	Frames
320 x 240	MPEG-1	20 MB
640 x 480	MPEG-1	81 MB

Available still image formats:

320 x 240	JPEG	7 KB
2560 x 1920	TIFF	1 MB
5100 x 3825	TIFF	31 MB

For downloading information and interview requests, contact Sarah DeWitt: 301-286-0535, Sarah.L.DeWitt@nasa.gov

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