What is Hurricane Vince?
{{vgood}} {{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Vince | Type=hurricane | Year=2005 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Vince 2005-10-09 1413Z.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Vince on October 9 14:13 UTC | Formed=October 8, 2005 | Dissipated=October 11, 2005 | 1-min winds=65 | Pressure=988 | Damages= | Inflated= | Fatalities= None reported | Areas=[[Madeira Islands]], southern [[Portugal]], southwestern [[Spain]] | Hurricane season=[[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Vince''' was an [[wikt:unusual|unusual]] [[hurricane]] that began in the northeast [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It was part of the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]. The waters where it formed were thought to be too cold for [[tropical cyclones]] to exist. Vince was the 20th [[Tropical cyclone#Tropical storm|named storm]] and 12th [[Tropical cyclone#Hurricane|hurricane]] of the season.{{cn|date=November 2024}} The storm that became Vince started out as an [[extratropical cyclone]]. It became a [[subtropical storm]] on October&nbsp;8 to the southeast of the [[Azores]]. The [[National Hurricane Center]] (NHC) did not officially give the storm a name until the next day. Vince grew into a hurricane before beginning to weaken at sea. On October&nbsp;11, it made [[Landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] on the [[Iberian Peninsula]] in [[Spain]].{{cn|date=November 2024}} At that time, it was a tropical depression. It may have been the first storm to hit the area since a hurricane in 1842. Vince died out over [[Spain]]. However, it did drop [[rain]] on the country. What was left of the storm passed into the [[Mediterranean Sea]].{{cn|date=November 2024}} Vince was one of only three storms to do so, alongside the [[1842 Spain hurricane|1842 Spanish hurricane]] and Subtropical Storm Alpha of 2020.{{cn|date=November 2024}} ==Meteorological history== {{storm path|Vince 2005 track.png|left|200px}} On October 5, a storm now known as the [[2005 Azores subtropical storm]] was absorbed by another [[low pressure area]]. It then began to [[wikt:develop|develop]] and become mo