Greek Alphabet Names For Storms. With Alpha, 2020 Atlantic tropical storm names go Greek National Oceanic and Atmospheric Greek letters had been used to name storms only once before, in 2005, another busy hurricane season that produced. (WMO) Turns out the names were Greek to a lot of people, and forecasters worried about creating confusion.
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Going forward, the WMO has decided the Greek alphabet will no longer be used to supplement the 21 original names on both the Atlantic names list and Pacific names list. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) had recommended this step back in 2005, after that year's record-breaking hurricane season became the first to delve into the Greek alphabet having exhausted the 21 names from the regular season list.
We've officially entered the Greek Alphabet for Atlantic storms
The Greek alphabet is being used to name Atlantic tropical storms now that the regular list of 21 names ended with Tropical Storm Wilfred. Subtropical storm #Alpha, also named today, is the first storm to take a name from the first letter of the Greek alphabet After 2020's extremely active season, meteorologists decided to reevaluate the use of the Greek alphabet for storm names
20172018 Storm Names Royal Meteorological Society. The Greek alphabet is being used to name Atlantic tropical storms now that the regular list of 21 names ended with Tropical Storm Wilfred. In addition to ending the use of the Greek alphabet, the committee also retired four storm names, including 2019's Hurricane Dorian, and hurricanes Laura, Eta and Iota from the 2020 season.
We've officially entered the Greek Alphabet for Atlantic storms. There are no guidelines for retiring a storm named with a Greek letter Last year, 3 storms named with a Greek letter were major hurricanes and were worthy of retirement