Last Named System?

[Sam Sagnella]

With the climatological peak(s) of the hurricane season yet to come, how far do you think this out-of-control 2005 season will get?

IMO, I don't see any way we'll get out of this season without hitting at least 'Delta.'

 

[David Draun]

I'm gonna go with Wilma, that would be the last in the alphabet. Even that's never happened, right?

 

[Angie Norris]

I'm with you, Sam. Fourteen named systems to date, we've still got just over 2 months to go and we're just now approaching the peak time. What comes after Epsilon? :shock:
Angie

 

[Skip Talbot]

I always wondered what they did if they exhausted all the names in one year. They use the full Greek alphabet? Where did you find that naming system information Sam? I checked the NHC website and did a quick google search and couldn't find any reference to this. I know its highly improbable, but what do they do if they have exhausted the greek alphabet as well?

 

[Tim Vasquez]

I, too, searched to find out what happens when they exhaust the alphabet, and came up dry. Anyone have an NHC contact?

Tim

 

[Robert Dewey]

Tropical storm Tammy sounds like a good end to the season...

 

[Bobby Eddins]

Originally posted by Tim Vasquez
I, too, searched to find out what happens when they exhaust the alphabet, and came up dry. Anyone have an NHC contact?

Tim

I found it in WMO Technical Document NO. 494
http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/OperationPla...English2005.pdf


It's on page 90.
It goes to the greek alphabet.

Hope we don't get all the way to Lambda :?

 

[Sam Sagnella]

My question is, if one of the Greek names needs to be retired, what do they replace it with?

 

[Jeff Snyder]

Originally posted by Sam Sagnella
My question is, if one of the Greek names needs to be retired, what do they replace it with?

LOL I was wondering this exact same thing a couple of weeks ago... Suppose we need to retire Hurricane Alpha since it caused sufficient damage/casualties. What would we replace it with? Do we go borrow the "A" from a different alphabet? French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Inuit, Cherokee, Souix? lol...

 

[Sam Sagnella]

I'm sure this has been discussed on ST at some point in some thread, but I think we should switch to the WPAC naming system and have one neverending list of names as opposed to separate lists for each season. While I agree that it is far more practical in the typhoon-crazy WPAC, such a change would alleviate confusion in anomolous seasons such as 2005.

 

[Robert Dewey]

Maybe if "Alpha" was retired, the next time around it would be "Alpha Beta", then "Alpha Gamma", etc..

 

[Skip Talbot]

Hurricane Alpha would definitely be a memorable name if it were a killer cane, a name synonymous with terms like alpha male, the alpha and the omega. Would I be correct in saying there hasn't been a Hurricane Alpha before? If that were the case it would make that storm even more memorable. Simply reusing the Greek alphabet probably isn't an option.

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

I like: Betacane!

 

[B Ozanne]

Do we go borrow the \"A\" from a different alphabet? French, German, Italian, Spanish

Not to cause any problems, but we use the same alphabet as those languages. Well, about 90% the same.

I went with Tammy because I have a bet with a friend that its going to 20. Now I see there is no Q so Tammy is only the 19th storm, which messes up everything.

Wait a minute...last time I checked there was a U,X,Y & Z in our alphabet. What about those letters? Not to mention Q!

 

[Jeff Snyder]

Originally posted by B Ozanne

Do we go borrow the \"A\" from a different alphabet? French, German, Italian, Spanish

Not to cause any problems, but we use the same alphabet as those languages. Well, about 90% the same.

LOL But we can use some of the letters that either aren't in our alphabet, such as æ, ñ, ç, and Ö. :lol: