Quake3World

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.

Already ran out of standard names last weekend.

Why don't they just come up with more names?

They already used x, y and z? :s

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.

R00k wrote:They already used x, y and z? :s

They don't use u, x, y, & z for atlantic storms.

They only use 21 letters? Which other ones do they exclude?

And who came up with this ponzy naming convention anyway?

They should give them cool names. Like The Fonz

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.

I guess that makes sense, they are easier to remember that way.

What's the other letter that's left out, btw? 26 letters minus 21 used = 5 unused, but you only listed 4?

Just curious.

Guessing Q

Ah, probably right.

Are you a scrabble player?

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

I don't know How they choose them but there is many feminine names they haven't use plus what not use guys names before alpha beta?

@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.

@pete
They do use male names.

eepberries wrote:They should give them cool names. Like The Fonz

I can see it now, the fonz devastates Miami Florida.

Yes they use male names pete the person naming these storms just happens to be a disgruntled man who hasn't gotten laid in awhile.

Who can forget that pimp Hurricane Andrew?