Camille. That being said, I noticed the upcoming names for the 2020 season includes KATRINA. The traditional names listed above are in alphabetical order as the storms occur. The lists of hurricane names are chosen by the World Meteorological Organization (not The Old Farmer’s Almanac). These names were recycled from the 2014 season. The names alternate between male and female. sound just plain lazy to me. There are six lists of names for Atlantic and Pacific storms. Submitted by Susan Oliver on June 1, 2020 - 4:54pm, Submitted by GINA KARR on May 14, 2020 - 12:26pm. Canada breaks record for number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, Alberta to host rapid COVID-19 testing pilot of international travellers, Judge grants permanent injunction against demonstrators in Indigenous land dispute, First Nations reserves avoided first-wave crisis, but officials warn of troubling new surge. The names alternate between male and female. Kyle 12.

The … That’s a great question. Also, when more than one storm was going on at the same time, making it clear which storm was being described made the job even harder. Download the CTV News app now. There's an increasing risk of heavy rain and flooding along the Texas coast beginning Sunday, according to NHC, but it's still too early to determine what areas might see direct impacts of wind and storm surge. The next named storm would be dubbed Beta. The name Dorian will not be used in the future again. Today, as mentioned above, hurricane names are selected by the World Meteorological Organization. There are also separate lists for typhoons in the western Pacific and tropical cyclones in Australia and the Indian Ocean. It’s only September — and the Atlantic hurricane season lasts until November 30! 1. If my memory is correct, we had Hurricane Gordon a few weeks ago. And question #2: 2020 hurricane season: This year's storm name list But, and I've gotten this question a lot lately, what happens when we get to the end of the list? Twitter. Tropical Storm Wilfred was named late Friday morning and was just, To name additional storms, the center will. What is the reason for repeating hurricane names every 6 years? Arthur 2. Given 2020’s hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season, we’ve already run out of traditional hurricane names! The season will start on May 15 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and on June 1 in the Central Pacific, which corresponds to the boundaries with Mexico. A tropical storm develops into a hurricane when wind speeds reach 74 mph (119 kph).

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) manages 10 groups of names for cyclones around the world that reach a minimum size, each group comprising a handful of lists, most alphabetically ordered and alternated by gender. Later Friday afternoon, Tropical Storm Beta was named after it strengthened over the western Gulf of Mexico. Submitted by GINA KARR on May 14, 2020 - 12:17pm. “It’s just taken from a generic list of names of a particular letter,” he says. Hurricane San Felipe landed in Puerto Rico on Saint Philip’s Day, September 13, 1876; more than 20 people perished. Around the same time, though, as atmospheric measuring tools advanced and more cyclones could be identified, meteorologists discovered that they needed to name the storms sooner rather than later, to keep them straight. Updated 0002 GMT (0802 HKT) September 19, 2020. “There’s no shouting from the rooftops.”. The six lists above are used in rotation and re-cycled every six years, i.e., the 2019 list will be used again in 2025. And then this year, as Tropical Storm Alpha’s maximum average winds tipped over 39 miles per hour, shortly followed by Beta, marking the 23rd storm of the 2020 season, we’ve reached a point where new hurricanes will no longer remind us of a person or a face, but of a mathematical equation. That year saw six storms with Greek names: Tropical Storm Alpha, Hurricane Beta, Tropical Storm Gamma, Tropical Storm Delta, Hurricane Epsilon, and Tropical Storm Zeta. List 2 begins: Aka, Ekeke, Hene, Iolana. The name Katrina should be retired GLOBALLY...PERIOD! The answer simple because when some event is recorded, it’s always easier to forecast an upcoming event according to the data provided earlier. At the NHC, in rooms filled with screens, scientists study data from satellites, radars, and reconnaissance aircrafts to determine, among other things, the maximum sustained wind speeds of a tropical cyclone. By “Latin alphabet” we mean the modern “Latin” or “Roman” alphabet used for English. 2020 National Geographic Partners, LLC. My point: Sometimes it’s hard to be scared of a storm which shares the name of a person you know that wouldn’t hurt a soul, much less destroy an entire region. Just 2 yrs of French n high school & Spanish in elementary school. Has the name Jill ever been used for a hurricane? Edouard 6. In 2005, Katrina, Rita and Wilma were all retired into hurricane history. The North Atlantic group, which is the area the NHC observes, has six lists of 21 names, derived from English, Spanish, or French, which are used in consecutive years and repeated every six years. Custom programming and server maintenance by, See a list of retired tropical storm and hurricane names here, See hurricane names for other regions here, How to Measure a Hurricane: The Saffir-Simpson Scale, http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/pages/names.php#central, https://www.almanac.com/content/retired-atlantic-hurricane-names.

The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadlyor costly that the future use of its name on a dif… Examples include Katrina in 2005 and Sandy in 2012. Submitted by The Editors on April 8, 2020 - 1:50pm. Once bestowed, the name won’t be taken away. Facebook. If it occurs in January or later, it will be named from the upcoming season’s list. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. We've run out of hurricane names.

Submitted by kevin on September 13, 2018 - 6:00am. Who Names Them? Bertha 3. corrie .Jonathan, Submitted by jay on October 1, 2018 - 2:52pm. See the list of hurricane names for this year—plus, learn how hurricanes are named and see the history behind naming storms. Total Damage was only $371 million which is not even worth calling a natural disaster. Submitted by Jill Sande on August 31, 2018 - 9:41am. I guess you heard of Hurricane Dorian from the previous Hurricane Seasons. Submitted by Vivian on September 11, 2018 - 10:16am. Different parts of the Pacific have their own lists. Marco 14. nikita .tyler . (say SM-uoo), Submitted by Yamel on September 8, 2019 - 6:39pm. Even in meetings to decide new names, meteorologists maintain a degree of scientific detachment from what they’re doing.

But for what or whom?

Thank you, Submitted by Telfea my daugh... on September 3, 2019 - 5:57am. I think it's absurd that they can't make a new list every year! Listen and subscribe to get a daily fix on the latest political news and issues. For example, List 1 starts: Akoni, Ema, Hone, Ion. Yes! Slow and lumbering Hurricane Florence churns across the Atlantic Ocean on the morning of September 12, 2018. Calling a storm Eduard or Otto can make it feel all the more immediate, which could make a difference in the way people prepare for a potential disaster. The name will also stick if the storm dissipates and dies in a couple of hours. The only possibility of Jill being used again is if a female “J” name is retired. The name could go to Tropical Depression Twenty-Two in the western Gulf of Mexico (though that storm was previously expected to become Wilfred and Alpha).

Omar 16. CNN's Haley Brink, Allison Chinchar, Dave Hennen and Judson Jones contributed to this report. Forecast to strengthen into a hurricane, it remains too early to tell where Beta will ultimately make landfall and how severe it will be. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/09/weve-run-out-of-hurricane-names-what-happens-now.html, already the 2020 season has seen the most storms, maximum sustained wind speeds of a tropical cyclone. That continued until 1979 when, under pressure from prominent feminists, they switched to both male and female names. As Tropical Storm Beta nears the coast of Texas, threatening strong winds and flooding, its identity is firmly set; “Beta” will stick if the storm grows in size and intensity, turning into a hurricane when maximum sustained winds exceed 74 miles per hour. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. When yet another tempest formed in the afternoon in the western Gulf of Mexico, it was named Beta. How do you pronounce ISAIAS???????? Hurricane names are retired from the list if the hurricane is especially destructive/deadly. Did your name make the list? Share. This has only happened one other time in history. Listen and subscribe to get a weekly update with the newsmakers who matter.

What happens now? It was such a severe tropical cyclone that devastated the North Atlantic Coast. “Naming things can make them more memorable, easier to recall, and certainly it makes things feel more fluent or easy to process.

Which name or names this year might join that list of unforgettable storms?

"It's the first time in modern records that three storms have been named within a 24-hour period and these three were all named in a six-hour span.".

That leaves us with plan B: storms named after the letters of the Greek alphabet. Katrina. I’m sure that everyone wonders why almost all the names for hurricanes are different. BONUS: You’ll also receive our Almanac Companion newsletter!