Question about greek alphabet storms?
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tampastorm
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Question about greek alphabet storms?
I was reading yesterday, what happens if they retire a storm with a name from the greek alphabet? Great question IMO.
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I was actually thinking about this the other day and came up with two possible solutions.
First solution is for them to skip the retired letter next time they use the greek alphabet....If 'Beta' is retired, then next time they would go Alpha, Gamma.
Second solution is to use the greek alphabet list similarly to the CPAC, WPAC, etc. storm name lists...that is use up to a certain letter, then next time begin with the next. Example: If 'Epsilon' is the last storm this year, then the next time the Greek alphabet is used, they would begin with 'Zeta'
Just thoughts, anyways
First solution is for them to skip the retired letter next time they use the greek alphabet....If 'Beta' is retired, then next time they would go Alpha, Gamma.
Second solution is to use the greek alphabet list similarly to the CPAC, WPAC, etc. storm name lists...that is use up to a certain letter, then next time begin with the next. Example: If 'Epsilon' is the last storm this year, then the next time the Greek alphabet is used, they would begin with 'Zeta'
Just thoughts, anyways
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I mentioned this in another post a few days ago...
The names will simply be the letter without a year added.
None of the Greek letters will be retired in the event they cause severe damage and/or casualities. They don't retire depression numbers if they causes large numbers of deaths. Some depressions have been known to kill several hundred people.
The names will simply be the letter without a year added.
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ALPHA ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2005
None of the Greek letters will be retired in the event they cause severe damage and/or casualities. They don't retire depression numbers if they causes large numbers of deaths. Some depressions have been known to kill several hundred people.
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