Initially, it was forecast to become extratropical on August 22, but a little burst of colder cloud tops enabled Alberto to remain tropical for a longer time, persisting into August 23, while it moved into a very high latitude at 53 ˚ N.

Initially forming as a tropical depression, the storm headed slowly eastward and emerged into the western Caribbean Sea on June 15.

Initially a tropical depression, it headed westward without significant strengthening for four days due to unfavorable upper-level winds.

Initially, most tropical cyclone forecast models anticipated that Hortense would pass south of the island and instead strike the Dominican Republic.

Initially, the depression possessed a combination of tropical and subtropical characteristics ; it remained attached to a nearby frontal zone, though the organization of the convection and a warm core within the system resulted in classification as a tropical cyclone.

Initially a tropical depression, favorable conditions allowed for strengthening into Tropical Storm Danielle later that day.

Initially, forecasters believed Alex would remain weak, and on the first advisory the storm was predicted to make landfall as a minimal tropical storm.

Initially, Hurricane Iris was forecast to remain a tropical cyclone while crossing Central America and for it to re-intensify in the eastern Pacific Ocean ; had it done so, it would have retained the name Iris.

Initially, a tropical storm to its northwest hindered the development and motion of Tip, though after it tracked further north Tip was able to intensify.

On September 2, a tropical storm developed offshore North Carolina, Initially moving south, it turned toward the west and made landfall in south Georgia as a tropical depression.

Initially, the depression followed the forecasts, and it intensified into a tropical storm about 30 hours after developing, receiving the name " Cosme ".

Initially moving towards the west, and eventually towards the west-northwest, it is possible that the depression could have been close to tropical storm status before turning towards the southwest, west of the southern tip of Baja California.

Initially forecast to strengthen rapidly and move west-northwest through the Greater Antilles, Emily instead moved almost due west toward the Windward Islands, remaining a moderate tropical storm.

Initially, strong vertical shear caused the depression to minimally strengthen, though by early on August 29, it became Tropical Storm Luis.

Initially, the depression tracked toward the Outer Banks, but veered east-southeastward and avoided landfall.

Initially, the depression northeast, though on November 4, a building high pressure area forced it to track north of due west.

Initially, the depression tracked north-northwestward without significantly intensify.

Initially the depression was disorganized, with little inner convective structure and sporadic deep convection.

Initially the depression was forecast to strengthen to reach winds of 55 mph ( 90 km / h ) as it moved westward under the influence of a high pressure system to its north.

Initially, the depression was a small system with moderate amounts of easterly wind shear.

Initially moving towards the northwest, the depression, referred to as Three-E, became slightly better organized as it neared the Mexican coastline.

Initially, the depression drifted toward the northwest due to a large upper-level trough located to its west.

Initially, the depression towards the northwest before a ridge of high pressure situated over Mexico caused the storm to turn towards the west-northwest.

Initially after the stock market crash in 1929, business went on as usual, but as the depression deepened and as the Insull public utility empire began to crumble, the railroad entered receivership in 1932.

Initially chambered for black powder shotgun shells ( as was standard at the time ), the Model 1887 gave rise to the Winchester Model 1901, a strengthened version chambered for 10ga smokeless powder shells.

Initially, the cat ’ s responses were largely instinctual, but over time, the pressing lever response was strengthened while the others were weakened

Initially, Hamrick's reaction to A-Z going into the passenger car market was discouraging.

Initially he experimented with individual cells in series, each cell being a wine goblet filled with brine into which the two dissimilar electrodes were dipped.

Initially a study of systems of polynomial equations in several variables, the subject of algebraic geometry starts where equation solving leaves off, and it becomes even more important to understand the intrinsic properties of the totality of solutions of a system of equations, than to find a specific solution ; this leads into some of the deepest areas in all of mathematics, both conceptually and in terms of technique.

Initially undifferentiated, the tubercle develops into either a penis or a clitoris, depending on the presence or absence of the protein tdf, which is codified by a single gene on the Y chromosome.

Initially however, these groups were small and conducted little active raiding into Nicaragua.

Initially, the President was merely a symbolic figure with the Reichstag dominant ; however, persistent political instability, in which governments often lasted only a few months, led to a change in the power structure of the republic, with the president's emergency powers called increasingly into use to prop up governments challenged by critical or even hostile Reichstag votes.

Initially being near the Caspian Sea in 91 AD, the Huns migrated to the southeastern area of the Caucasus by about 150 AD and into Europe by 370 AD, where they established a vast Hunnic Empire there.

Initially confined to the immigrant communities during the mid-19th century, it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and by the first decade of the 20th century it was being celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial and religious backgrounds.

Initially trading in opium, tea and cotton, Jardines soon diversified into other areas including insurance, shipping and railways.

Initially, Germany hoped to transform Poland into a satellite state, but by March 1939 German demands had been rejected by the Poles three times, which led Hitler to decide, with enthusiastic support from Ribbentrop, upon the destruction of Poland as the main German foreign policy goal of 1939.

Initially the division of the Arabic-speaking areas of the Ottoman Empire were to be divided by the Sykes-Picot Agreement ; however, the final disposition was at the San Remo conference of 1920, whose determinations on the mandates, their boundaries, purposes and organization was ratified by the League in 1921 and put into effect in 1922.

Initially, 37 men were arrested, but the number quickly grew into hundreds.

Initially brutish and overweight, the character later evolved into a sleeker, more athletic version of his old self.

Initially, the issue taken was limited to distilled liquors, but quickly evolved into teetotalism and Methodists were commonly known to abstain from all alcoholic beverages.

Initially the development was fairly piecemeal, but in 1828 this area just to the west of Potsdamer Platz, sandwiched between the Tiergarten and the north bank of the future Landwehrkanal, received Royal approval for a more orderly and purposeful metamorphosis into a residential colony of the affluent, and gradually filled with houses and villas of a particularly palatial nature.

Initially, Saladin attempted to organize his men into battle order, but as his bodyguards were being killed, he saw that defeat was inevitable and so with a small remnant of his troops mounted a swift camel, riding all the way to the territories of Egypt.

Initially, Foster adapted three episodes per book, but later editions saw the half-hour scripts expanded into full novel-length stories.

Initially, this day was celebrated only in Salvador, but eventually it turned into a national holiday.

Initially built upon Vorbis 1. 0, the improvements of aoTuV Beta2 were merged back into Vorbis 1. 1.

Initially, he was a good student, placing into an honors calculus sequence taught by Bob Thrall and earning himself A's.

Initially a laboratory instrument relying on the Earth's own magnetic field to provide restoring force for the pointer, galvanometers were developed into compact, rugged, sensitive portable instruments that were essential to the development of electrotechnology.

Initially, Ngawang Namgyal was said to have entered into a religious retreat, a situation not unprecedented in Bhutan, Sikkim, or Tibet during that time.

Initially the promoter will pay out high returns to attract more investors, and to lure current investors into putting in additional money.

Initially, professors wheeled a cart of laptops into the classroom.

Initially of low standing, Gustav rose to lead the rebel movement following the bloodbath in which his father was executed, and his election as King on June 6, 1523 ( currently recognised as the National holiday of Sweden ) and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later meant the end of Medieval Sweden's elective monarchy as well as the Kalmar Union, which had united the Nordic kingdoms since 1397, and the commencing of a hereditary monarchy under the House of Vasa which, currently under the House of Bernadotte, continues to date.