A tropical low over the southern carribbean is showing signs of organization and could become Tropical Depression Twenty-Six late tonight or tommorow. Further development would take it to Tropical Storm "Beta".
Another non-tropical low could enter the carribbean this weekend, where conditions are more favorable for development. This could become Tropical Storm "Gamma" if it forms.
Because lists of storm names are prepared ahead of time. They use one name for each letter each year. If the number of storms exceeds 21, the move onto greek letters.
They name storms for where they originate, so mid-atlantic storms have American-ish names. Unfortunately there are a lot of Atlantic storms, and not many American names starting with U, X, Y, and Z. Thus, to avoid running out of names, they don't use them.
Also, they started using names because it's a pain to name a storm based on its latitude and longitude, and the names are easier to remember.
werldhed wrote:They name storms for where they originate, so mid-atlantic storms have American-ish names. Unfortunately there are a lot of Atlantic storms, and not many American names starting with U, X, Y, and Z. Thus, to avoid running out of names, they don't use them.
Also, they started using names because it's a pain to name a storm based on its latitude and longitude, and the names are easier to remember.
No...there was a storm named Zelda...
wtf...i could have SWORN i saw one named zelda...my bad
@bitWISE
Could be for a storm in a different region? I think some spots that get storms less frequently use some of those letters because they don't cycle through quite so quickly. Maybe.
