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Re: Most retired letter?

#21 Postby Hurricaneman » Wed May 22, 2013 10:28 pm

Its definitely the I because most of the names retired start with I
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Re: Most retired letter?

#22 Postby Hurricane Jed » Wed May 22, 2013 10:36 pm

OuterBanker wrote:
HurricaneBill wrote:Most retired: A tie between C and I with 9 names each.

Carol (1954)
Connie (1955)
Carla (1961)
Cleo (1964)
Camille (1969)
Celia (1970)
Carmen (1974)
Cesar (1996)
Charley (2004)

Ione (1955)
Inez (1966)
Iris (2001)
Isidore (2002)
Isabel (2003)
Ivan (2004)
Ike (2008)
Igor (2010)
Irene (2011)




How interesting. Carol, Connie, Isabel and Irene were all NC storms. Also a toss up. Look like we should avoid both letters.



Didn't Carol pass just offshore though?
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#23 Postby hurricanexyz » Sat May 25, 2013 6:15 pm

for 2013 I am betting on Chantal and Ingrid because c and i have the most names :ggreen: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=114932&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=20#
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#24 Postby hurricanexyz » Sat May 25, 2013 6:22 pm

also pablo being retired and replaced with patrick would be funny because more spongebob jokes :D
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#25 Postby HurricaneRyan » Sun May 26, 2013 1:11 pm

hurricanexyz wrote:also pablo being retired and replaced with patrick would be funny because more spongebob jokes :D


LMAO! So true! Remember the Sandy jokes? Hahahahaha
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#26 Postby hurricanexyz » Sun May 26, 2013 1:13 pm

HurricaneRyan wrote:
hurricanexyz wrote:also pablo being retired and replaced with patrick would be funny because more spongebob jokes :D


LMAO! So true! Remember the Sandy jokes? Hahahahaha

lol :D
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#27 Postby greenkat » Fri May 31, 2013 9:30 pm

hurricanexyz wrote:
HurricaneRyan wrote:
hurricanexyz wrote:also pablo being retired and replaced with patrick would be funny because more spongebob jokes :D


LMAO! So true! Remember the Sandy jokes? Hahahahaha

lol :D

I didn't hear any... *goes to look some up on the Internet*
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#28 Postby HurricaneRyan » Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:11 pm

Well Chantal isn't gonna break the tie, so maybe Ingrid will.
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Re: Most retired letter?

#29 Postby HurricaneBill » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:11 pm

I still think they should've replaced Charley with Clyde. Then we could have had Bonnie and Clyde.
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#30 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:27 pm

Going back to this old thread, looking at 1941-45 (post-reanalysis), the following letters I think would have been retired if they were used today:

1941 (6) - B (Texas), E (Bahamas/Florida)
1942 (11) - C (Texas)
1943 (10) - None likely
1944 (14) - D (Jamaica/Mexico), G (Great Atlantic), M (Cuba/Florida)
1945 (11) - E (Texas), I (Florida)

Again, this doesn't count undiscovered storms because of lack of satellites. But reanalysis shows what could reasonably have counted.
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#31 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:23 pm

Also looking at reanalysis from 1946 to 1955, what letters would change?

1946 (7) - None likely
1947 (10) - D (Florida/Louisiana)
1948 (10) - H (Cuba/Florida), I (Cuba/Florida)
1949 (16) - B (Bahamas/Florida)

Named in 1950-52 using Phonetic alphabet, actual name included in the brackets:

1950 (16) - E (Easy - Florida), K (King - Florida)
1951 (12) - D (Charlie - Caribbean/Mexico)
1952 (11) - J (Fox - Cuba)

Named in 1953-55 using female names and actual retired names only, actual name included in the brackets, assumed name accounting for unnamed storms considered:

1953 (14) - None
1954 (16) - Florence (Carol), Hazel (Edna), Norma (Hazel)
1955* (13) - Brenda (Connie), Connie (Diane), Hilda (Ione), Janet (Janet)

* For 1955, assumes Alice was the first storm of 1955 and not the year-crossing storm, which would have been named Patsy under current standards.
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#32 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:27 pm

Since the first two years of the modern naming/retirement era were reanalyzed, if everything was found and named, we would still have Carol, Edna, Diane and Ione available for circulation.

Florence would have to go off today's lists while Hilda and Norma are used in the EPAC. Brenda would be the other name retired (not currently used anyway but couldn't replace a B name). Janet would have had that name anyway, while Connie and Hazel would have been retired for different storms in their same year.
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Re: Most retired letter?

#33 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:38 pm

How would the 1953 to 1955 storms been named under today's rules? (Red - unchanged)

Only four storms would have kept the same name. In 1955, Hilda and Ione are switched since it was found Ione formed much earlier.

1953

Alice --> Alice
02L --> Barbara
Barbara --> Carol
Carol --> Dolly
05L --> Edna
Dolly --> Florence
Edna --> Gail
08L --> Hazel
Florence --> Irene
Gail --> Jill
11L --> Katherine
Hazel --> Lucy
13L --> Mabel
Irene --> Norma

1954

01L --> Alice
02L --> Barbara
Alice --> Carol
04L --> Dolly
Barbara --> Edna
Carol --> Florence
Dolly --> Gilda
Edna --> Hazel
09L --> Irene
Florence --> Jill
11L --> Katherine
Gilda --> Lucy
13L --> Mabel
Hazel --> Norma
15L --> Ophra
Alice 2 --> Patsy

1955

Brenda --> Alice
Connie --> Brenda
Diane --> Connie
Edith --> Diane
05L --> Edith
Flora --> Flora
Gladys --> Gladys
Ione --> Hilda
Hilda --> Ione
Janet --> Janet
11L --> Katie
12L --> Linda
Katie --> Martha
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#34 Postby Hurricaneman » Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:44 pm

Well Im going to do a list going back to 1851
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Re: Most retired letter?

#35 Postby Hurricaneman » Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:34 pm

Retired storm names or would have been retired


A
1900 Hurricane 1
1926 Hurricane 1
1927 Hurricane 1
1943 Hurricane 1
1957 Audrey
1972 Agnes
1977 Anita
1980 Allen
1983 Alicia
1992 Andrew
2001 Allison

B
1915 Hurricane 2
1916 Hurricane 2
1919 Hurricane 2
1921 Hurricane 2
1929 Hurricane 2
1932 Hurricane 2
1941 Hurricane 2
1949 Hurricane 2
1965 Betsy
1967 Beulah
1991 Bob

C
1935 Hurricane 3
1942 Hurricane 3
1954 Carol{Retroactive}
1955 Connie
1961 Carla
1964 Cleo
1969 Camille
1970 Celia
1974 Carmen
1996 Cesar
2004 Charley

D
1909 Hurricane 4
1916 Hurricane 4
1917 Hurricane 4
1928 Hurricane 4
1941 Hurricane 4
1947 Hurricane 4
1951 Charlie{would have been the D name}
1955 Diane
1960 Donna
1964 Dora
1979 David
1990 Diana
2005 Dennis
2007 Dean

E
1935 Hurricane 5
1945 Hurricane 5
1950 Easy{The E storm}
1954 Edna{retroactive}
1975 Eloise
1985 Elena

F
1906 Hurricane 6
1909 Hurricane 6
1915 Hurricane 6
1916 Hurricane 6
1921 Hurricane 6
1931 Hurricane 6
1933 Hurricane 6
1938 Hurricane 6
1963 Flora
1974 Fifi
1979 Frederic
1996 Fran
1999 Floyd
2003 Fabian
2004 Frances
2007 Felix

G
1926 Hurricane 7
1944 Hurricane 7
1959 Gracie
1978 Greta
1985 Gloria
1988 Gilbert
1998 Georges
2008 Gustav

H
1906 Hurricane 8
1933 Hurricane 8
1948 Hurricane 8
1954 Hazel
1961 Hattie
1964 Hilda
1989 Hugo
1996 Hortense

I
1909 Hurricane 9
1945 Hurricane 9
1948 Hurricane 9
1955 Ione
1966 Inez
2001 Iris
2002 Isidore
2003 Isabel
2004 Ivan
2008 Ike
2010 Igor
2011 Irene

J
1926 Hurricane 10
1952 Fox{would have been J name}
1955 Janet
1988 Joan
2003 Juan
2004 Jeanne

K
1933 Hurricane 11
1950 King{The K storm}
1990 Klaus
2000 Keith
2005 Katrina

L
1995 Luis
1999 Lenny
2002 Lili

M
1944 Hurricane 13
1995 Marilyn
1998 Mitch
2001 Michelle

N
1932 Hurricane 14
1933 Hurricane 14
2007 Noel

O
1995 Opal

P
2008 Paloma

R
1995 Roxanne
2005 Rita

S
2005 Stan
2012 Sandy

T
2010 Tomas

V

W
2005 Wilma


A storms produced 11 possible retired storms
B storms produced 11
C storms produced 11
D storms produced 14
E storms produced 6
F storms produced 16
G storms produced 8
H storms produced 8
I storms produced 12
J storms produced 6
K storms produced 5
L storms produced 3
M storms produced 4
N storms produced 3
O storms produced 1
P storms produced 1
R storms produced 2
S storms produced 2
T storms produced 1
V storms produced 0
W storms produced 1

Based on this the F name since 1900 has been the most retired if it went back to 1900
The V names are the only ones never retired
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#36 Postby HurricaneRyan » Sun Jun 21, 2015 2:23 pm

But in the modern era, I is the now the most retired, with Ingrid out.
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Re: Most retired letter?

#37 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:16 am

How would the 1956 to 1960 storms been named under today's rules? (Red - unchanged, blue - name would have been retired from an earlier storm, bold - name retired)

Only 2 storms - the first two of 1959 - would keep the same name (all others are messed up by unnamed storms).

1956

01L --> Anna
02L --> Betsy
Anna --> Carla
Betsy --> Dora
Carla --> Ethel
Dora --> Flossy
Ethel --> Greta
Flossy --> Hattie
09L --> Inez
10L --> Judith
Greta --> Kitty
12L --> Laura

1957

01L --> Audrey
Audrey --> Bertha
Bertha --> Carrie
Carrie --> Debbie
Debbie --> Esther
Esther --> Freida
Freida --> Gracie
08L --> Hannah

1958

01L --> Alma
Alma --> Becky
Becky --> Cleo
Cleo --> Daisy
Daisy --> Ella
Ella --> Fifi
Fifi --> Gerda
Gerda --> Helene
Helene --> Ilsa
Ilsa --> Janice
Janice --> Katy
12L --> Lila

1959

Arlene --> Arlene
Beulah --> Beulah

03L --> Cindy
Cindy --> Debra
Debra --> Edith
06L --> Flora
Edith --> Gracie
08L --> Hannah
09L --> Irene
Flora --> Judith
Gracie --> Kristy
Hannah --> Lois
Irene --> Marsha
Judith --> Nellie

1960

01L --> Abby
Abby --> Brenda
Brenda --> Cleo
Cleo --> Donna
Donna --> Ethel
06L --> Florence
Ethel --> Gladys
Florence --> Hilda

If everything was known operationally, we would have retired Bertha (and change history many times recently), Kristy and Ethel. They would be joining Florence, Hazel, Norma, Brenda, Connie, Hilda and Janet.
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Re: Most retired letter?

#38 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:31 am

If the naming rules have been kept through reanalysis (only through 1960):

* Names retired: Bertha, Brenda, Connie, Ethel, Florence, Hazel, Hilda, Janet, Kristy, Norma (Janet for the same storm, Connie and Hazel for different storms than actual)

* Names that would still be available for circulation as of 1961 (pending reanalysis of later decades): Audrey, Carol, Diane, Donna, Edna, Gracie, Ione

From 1911 to 1960, the number of retirements by letter:
A - 4
B - 9
C - 4
D - 7
E - 4
F - 7
G - 3
H - 4
I - 3
J - 4
K - 3
L - 0
M - 1
N - 3
O to W - 0 each
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Re: Most retired letter?

#39 Postby HurrMark » Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:47 am

It would make sense for I to be up there...if we have been averaging 15 storms a season, the ninth storm would generally be peak season. Lately, we have seemed to have a lot of early season storms which tend to be weak. No A's retired since 2001 (which was a tropical storm...so not strong intensity wise - just an incredible amount of rain). And no B's since Bob in 1991. Expect those streaks to continue (unless the Azores suggest Alex should be retired)

It's actually very odd with all the recent I's that are retired that H has not been retired in 20 years.
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Re: Most retired letter?

#40 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:08 pm

HurrMark wrote:It would make sense for I to be up there...if we have been averaging 15 storms a season, the ninth storm would generally be peak season. Lately, we have seemed to have a lot of early season storms which tend to be weak. No A's retired since 2001 (which was a tropical storm...so not strong intensity wise - just an incredible amount of rain). And no B's since Bob in 1991. Expect those streaks to continue (unless the Azores suggest Alex should be retired)

It's actually very odd with all the recent I's that are retired that H has not been retired in 20 years.


Nowadays to get an A storm retired, it seems that you need a really quiet season or a major flood disaster. Even Andrew (1992) would not have been named such had current naming procedures and reanalyses been in place.
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