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Tropical Storm Wilfred Forms And Uses Last Name on NHC’s List

jwinner September 18th, 2020
ATLANTIC OCEAN - SEPTEMBER 1: In this NOAA GOES-East satellite handout image, Hurricane Dorian, now a Cat. 5 storm, tracks towards the Florida coast taken at 13:20Z September 1, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane warning is in effect for much of the northwestern Bahamas as it gets hit with 175 mph winds. According to the National Hurricane Center Dorian is predicted to hit the U.S. as a Category 4 storm. (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images)

Wilfred was the last name on the 2020 storm list, so…… what’s next?

As of the 11am 9/18 update, Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in the Atlantic. It doesn’t look like it’s going to develop much, but that’s not the real issue here.

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Wilfred was the last name on the list. It’s only September 18th and we used them all.  And it looks like we’ll have another named storm by as soon as this afternoon. TD 22 is almost a tropical storm.    Update: Alpha has formed near Portugal.

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Never fear, there’s a plan. Once forecasters reach a storm past Wilfred, they will begin to use names based on the  Greek alphabet, beginning with Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta. There’s 24 letters in the Greek alphabet. This has happened once before, in 2005. That year, meteorologists used six Greek names in the hurricane season, which had 28 storms.

Early next week, it looks like Texas may see a Hurricane Beta.

If somehow we use all 24 letters of the Greek alphabet after Wilfred, well, I can’t imagine what that would be like.

 

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Here’s a look at some of the damage done by Sally this week:

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    PENSACOLA, FL - SEPTEMBER 17: Boats are seen pushed up against a building at Lost Key Marina & Yacht Club after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Pensacola, Florida. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    PERDIDO KEY, FL - SEPTEMBER 17: An aerial view from a drone shows Dr. Joseph Mirabile as he salvages what he can after the roof was blown off of his real estate business when Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Perdido Key, Florida. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    PERDIDO KEY, FL - SEPTEMBER 17: Jody Wright sits on the steps leading to her apartment as Christine Cortaza, the property manager, checks on the building after the roof was damaged when Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Perdido Key, Florida. Mrs. Wright said she and her pet birds evacuated from her apartment before the storm hit. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    PERDIDO KEY, FL - SEPTEMBER 17: An aerial view from a drone shows Dr. Joseph Mirabile as he salvages what he can after the roof was blown off his real estate business when Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Perdido Key, Florida. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    PERDIDO KEY, FL - SEPTEMBER 17: An aerial view from a drone shows Jody Wright and her daughter Jamie Cade (L) looking into her neighbors apartment after the roof was blown off when Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Perdido Key, Florida. Mrs. Wright said she and her pet birds evacuated from her apartment before the storm hit. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    GULF SHORES, AL - SEPTEMBER 17: An aerial view from a drone shows a vehicle driving through a flooded street after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    GULF SHORES, AL - SEPTEMBER 17: An aerial view from a drone shows an outer wall of the Tropic Isles complex torn off after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    ORANGE BEACH, AL - SEPTEMBER 17: A boat is seen washed up on shore after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Orange Beach, Alabama. The storm brought heavy rain and high winds to the area. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    PENSACOLA, FL - SEPTEMBER 16: Damaged boats are seen in the Palafox Pier Yacht harbor marina after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 16, 2020 in Pensacola, Florida. The storm is bringing heavy rain, high winds and a dangerous storm surge to the area. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    MOBILE, ALABAMA - SEPTEMBER 16: Morgan Griffin cleans up the broken window in the store he works in as Hurricane Sally passes through the area on September 16, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. The storm is bringing heavy rain, high winds and a dangerous storm surge to the area. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    GULF SHORES, ALABAMA - SEPTEMBER 15: Waves break ashore near rthe Gulf State Park pier as the outer bands of Hurricane Sally come ashore on September 15, 2020 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The storm is bringing heavy rain, high winds and a dangerous storm surge from Louisiana to Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

  • Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall On Gulf Coast

    BAYOU LA BATRE, ALABAMA - SEPTEMBER 15: A driver navigates along a flooded road as the outer bands of Hurricane Sally come ashore on September 15, 2020 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The storm is threatening to bring heavy rain, high winds and a dangerous storm surge from Louisiana to Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

 

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