Flhurricane.com - Central Florida Hurricane Center - Tracking Storms since 1995Hurricanes Without the Hype! Since 1995

Chill falls over the Atlantic as the official season heads towards close

Days since last H. Landfall - US: Any 231 (Idalia) , Major: 231 (Idalia) Florida - Any: 231 (Idalia) Major: 231 (Idalia)

NEWS

CURRENT STORMS

None

HypeScale: 0

COMMUNICATION

STORM DATA

CONTENT

National Hurricane Center

You are not logged in. [Login]

Other Forums · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Rules · Calendar

General Discussion >> Hurricane Ask/Tell

Jump to first unread post.

Pages: 1

FishDug
Registered User

Reged: Fri
Posts: 2
Loc: East Central Florida

Question about Greek alphabet named storms

#58105 - Mon Oct 10 2005 12:53 PM

Let's assume there are at least two more named tropical storms this year so they will be 'Wilma' and then 'Alpha'. If 'Alpha' turns out to be a big killer storm will they 'retire' the name 'Alpha'? Just curious....

Thanks.

Post Extras:

Ben Wallace
Registered User

Reged: Fri
Posts: 6
Loc: Zephyrhills, FL

Re: Question about Greek alphabet named storms

[Re: FishDug]
#58106 - Mon Oct 10 2005 03:16 PM

I am sure they would retire it as they usually do with Killer storms. The bigger question is what would they replace it with and my guess is they would just skip Alpha and not replace it and start with Beta because there are what, 24 letters in the Greek Alphabet and we are not going to have 50 storms to use up the years names and the Greek Alphabet.

October does see some bad storms I can think of 3 off the top of my head Hazel, Opal and Mitch. Even November can see big storms form as Lenny in 1999 reached 155 mph in mid November.

Post Extras:

Pages: 1

Extra information

0 registered and 8 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CFHC, Ed Dunham, Colleen A., danielw, Clark, RedingtonBeachGuy, Bloodstar, tpratch, typhoon_tip, cieldumort

Print Topic

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Topic views: 3622

Jump to

Note: This is NOT an official page. It is run by weather hobbyists and should not be used as a replacement for official sources.
CFHC's main servers are currently located at Hostdime.com in Orlando, FL.
Image Server Network thanks to Mike Potts and Amazon Web Services. If you have static file hosting space that allows dns aliasing contact us to help out! Some Maps Provided by:
Great thanks to all who donated and everyone who uses the site as well. Site designed for 800x600+ resolution
When in doubt, take the word of the National Hurricane Center