Now that we are on O for Ophelia, and it's only the first week in
September, what happens when we get to Z for Zoe and another storm pops
up - do they cycle round again?

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"Chris" wrote in message
...
Now that we are on O for Ophelia, and it's only the first week in
September, what happens when we get to Z for Zoe and another storm
pops up - do they cycle round again?


.... I'm *not* sure if this is still the correct answer, but when this
question came up many years ago (in another 'active' year), the answer
posted by someone at the NHC in Miami was that the 'phonetic' alphabet
would be used ... thus Alpha, Bravo, Charlie etc. No doubt we'll find
out in the fullness of time!

Martin.

Martin Rowley wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Now that we are on O for Ophelia, and it's only the first week in
September, what happens when we get to Z for Zoe and another storm
pops up - do they cycle round again?


... I'm *not* sure if this is still the correct answer, but when this
question came up many years ago (in another 'active' year), the answer
posted by someone at the NHC in Miami was that the 'phonetic' alphabet
would be used ... thus Alpha, Bravo, Charlie etc. No doubt we'll find
out in the fullness of time!

Martin.

I've seen somewhere that they'll use the Greek alphabet.

Regards,

Rob
Chester, UK
http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather

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"Rob Bale" wrote in message
...
Martin Rowley wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Now that we are on O for Ophelia, and it's only the first week in
September, what happens when we get to Z for Zoe and another storm
pops up - do they cycle round again?
... I'm *not* sure if this is still the correct answer, but when this
question came up many years ago (in another 'active' year), the
answer
posted by someone at the NHC in Miami was that the 'phonetic'
alphabet
would be used ... thus Alpha, Bravo, Charlie etc. No doubt we'll find
out in the fullness of time!

I've seen somewhere that they'll use the Greek alphabet.
Rob

.... yes, correct & my mistake; the *Greek* alphabet is used (not
phonetic as I wrote).

Martin.


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Martin Rowley wrote:

... yes, correct & my mistake; the *Greek* alphabet is used (not
phonetic as I wrote).

Also, they only use 21 names. Names beginning with Q, U, X, Y and Z
aren't used because there aren't enough names to go round. So the next
names to be used this year will be Philppe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince and
Wilma.

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"Martin Rowley" schreef in
bericht ...
... yes, correct & my mistake; the *Greek* alphabet is used (not phonetic
as I wrote).

Martin.

Will the first storm be "Alpha" then, or also names as Aristotle or
Alexander (to recall some famous Greeks )?


Wijke
SE Flevopolder ms 3 m asl
Centre of a very summery Holland - cirrus - Tc 24.6°C - W 3 - 1012.3 hPa

"Wijke" wrote in message
...

Will the first storm be "Alpha" then, or also names as Aristotle or
Alexander (to recall some famous Greeks )?

.... as I understand it, the named storm following 'Wilma' would be
'Alpha', then 'Beta' etc. The question was raised (the first time it
came up - when we had the confusion between phonetic and greek), what
would happen if a hurricane from the 'secondary' list needed retiring?

Martin.

Martin Rowley wrote:

... as I understand it, the named storm following 'Wilma' would be
'Alpha', then 'Beta' etc. The question was raised (the first time it
came up - when we had the confusion between phonetic and greek), what
would happen if a hurricane from the 'secondary' list needed retiring?

Change the Greek alphabet?

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"Jonathan Stott" schreef in bericht
...
Martin Rowley wrote:

... as I understand it, the named storm following 'Wilma' would be
'Alpha', then 'Beta' etc. The question was raised (the first time it came
up - when we had the confusion between phonetic and greek), what would
happen if a hurricane from the 'secondary' list needed retiring?

Change the Greek alphabet?

Second a "Vita"; And would our "Y"annis go for "gama" )?
Oh, well it would be excessive if it'll come to that many tropical storms?
Have there ever been in the past?


Wijke

"Wijke" wrote in message
...

"Jonathan Stott" schreef in bericht
...
Martin Rowley wrote:

... as I understand it, the named storm following 'Wilma' would be
'Alpha', then 'Beta' etc. The question was raised (the first time it
came up - when we had the confusion between phonetic and greek),
what would happen if a hurricane from the 'secondary' list needed
retiring?

Change the Greek alphabet?

Second a "Vita"; And would our "Y"annis go for "gama" )?
Oh, well it would be excessive if it'll come to that many tropical
storms? Have there ever been in the past?

.... from the Hurricane FAQ
( http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E11.html )

the highest number of Tropical Storms [since 1944] occurred in 1995
(19), so not triggering the 'secondary' list requirement in this basin.

Martin.


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