12:00 UTC on December 7, and that it likely had evolved into a tropical storm six hours earlier. By 18:00 UTC that night, the hurricane attained peak winds of . On December 8, the hurricane turned to the east and weakened into a tropical storm, steered by an approaching trough. Over the next day, the storm accelerated to the east-northeast toward the Azores. Late on December 10, the storm moved through the Azores as a tropical storm, although it was reverting to an extratropical storm at the time. By 06:00 UTC on December 11, the system was extratropical again after it rejoined with a nearby cold front. It likely merged with another nontropical storm to its east on December 12, although it is possible the former hurricane remained a distinct system. A building ridge near Spain forced the extratropical system to the southeast, eventually dissipating after coming ashore in Morocco on December 15. Storm names These names were used to name storms during the 1951 Atlantic hurricane season. As this season had the same names and was less active than 1950, none of these names was used for the first time. Names that were not assigned are marked in . See also List of Atlantic hurricanes Atlantic hurricane season Australian region cyclone seasons: 1950–51 1951–52 South Pacific cyclone seasons: 1950–51 1951–52 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1950–51 1951–52 References External links Monthly Weather Review Articles which contain graphical timelines