{"id":5416,"date":"2020-02-26T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2020-02-26T13:24:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:24:37","slug":"2020-hurricane-season-is-less-than-100-days-away-here-are-the-names-youll-see-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/26\/2020-hurricane-season-is-less-than-100-days-away-here-are-the-names-youll-see-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Hurricane Season Is Less Than 100 Days Away; Here Are the Names You\u2019ll See This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"StoryHighlights__storyHighlights__1azaX\">\n<h3 class=\"StoryHighlights__storyHighlightsHeader__L5LJb\">At a Glance<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"StoryHighlights__storyHighlightsList__1w3KB\">\n<li class=\"StoryHighlights__storyHighlightsListItem__3xwDt\">The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.<\/li>\n<li class=\"StoryHighlights__storyHighlightsListItem__3xwDt\">Atlantic storm name lists repeat every six years unless a name is retired from future use.<\/li>\n<li class=\"StoryHighlights__storyHighlightsListItem__3xwDt\">The 2020 list is identical to the one used in 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"styles__twitterContainer__2qDz1 styles__followType__1rRZN\">The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is less than 100 days away, and it&#8217;s never too early to start preparing. In the list above, you can see the storm names that&#8217;ll be used this year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This season&#8217;s first named storm will be Arthur, which kicked off the 2014 season in early July and was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/mhx\/Arthur\">earliest hurricane on record to make landfall in North Carolina<\/a>\u00a0when it came ashore as a Category 2 between Cape Lookout and Beaufort on the night of July 3.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Atlantic storm name lists are maintained by a committee of the World Meteorological Organization and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/aboutnames.shtml\">repeat every six years<\/a>\u00a0unless a hurricane or storm is so destructive and\/or deadly that the committee votes to retire use of a name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"styles__paragraphAd__2La8d\">\n<div class=\"LazyLoad is-visible\">\n<div class=\"wx-adWrapper display \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>None of the storms or hurricanes from 2014 were retired, so the 2020 list is identical to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/hurricane\/news\/2014-hurricane-names-storms-we-could-see-year-20140527\">one used six years ago<\/a>. Isaias and Paulette were new to this list in 2014 \u2013 replacing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/hurricane\/news\/hurricane-ike-five-years-later-photos-20130926\">Ike<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/news\/weather\/news\/2018-11-02-five-unforgettable-november-hurricanes\">Paloma<\/a>\u00a0from 2008, which were retired \u2013 but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/hurricane\/news\/hurricane-season-2014-atlantic-pacific-recap\">2014 was so inactive<\/a>\u00a0that those names have not yet been used.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Remarkably, of the 126 hurricane names included in the original six naming lists (from 1979), 55% remain on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelRLowry\/status\/1232425045764558848\">to this day<\/a>,&#8221; tweeted Michael Lowry, a FEMA strategic planner and former hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel.<\/p>\n<p>This means an average Atlantic storm name is about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelRLowry\/status\/1232425045764558848\">30 years old<\/a>, which explains why many of the hurricane names seem rather old fashioned or outdated.<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic Basin tropical cyclones are named when maximum sustained winds reach at least 39 mph \u2013 tropical storm status.<\/p>\n<p>On average, 12 named storms form in a given season, six of which become hurricanes and three of which become major hurricanes, those that pack winds of at least Category 3 intensity on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/safety\/hurricane\/news\/2018-06-06-saffir-simpson-hurricane-wind-scale\">Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s an average season, that would take the list through the &#8220;L&#8221; storm.<\/p>\n<p>Often this past decade, there&#8217;s been a much deeper dive into the list. Nineteen storms occurred in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2019, 18 storms became tropical storms or hurricanes, which tied for the fourth-most-active season on record by the number of named storms, getting to the &#8220;S&#8221; name for the first time since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Only two seasons in the 2010s were below average: 2014 had eight named storms, and 2015 had 11 named storms.<\/p>\n<p>If all 21 names are used up in a season and another name is needed, the National Hurricane Center would then begin using letters from the Greek alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>That has happened only once in the history of naming tropical cyclones. In the record-smashing 2005 season, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and Zeta had to be used. Tropical Storm Zeta formed on Dec. 30, 2005, and carried into early January 2006, more than a month after the official end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The official start of the hurricane season is June 1. The NHC selected the June 1 to Nov. 30 dates for the hurricane season because they encompass more than 97% of tropical cyclones.<\/p>\n<p>But as last year showed, there&#8217;s a reason those dates only account for 97% of storms;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/hurricane\/news\/2019-05-20-subtropical-storm-andrea-atlantic-bermuda\">Andrea made a brief appearance<\/a>\u00a0to the southwest of Bermuda May 20-21, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE WEATHER CHANNEL<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>At a Glance The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. Atlantic storm name lists repeat every six years unless a name is retired from future use. The 2020 list is identical <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/26\/2020-hurricane-season-is-less-than-100-days-away-here-are-the-names-youll-see-this-year\/\" title=\"2020 Hurricane Season Is Less Than 100 Days Away; Here Are the Names You\u2019ll See This Year\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg",1280,720,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1",300,169,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"mh-magazine-slider":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?resize=1030%2C438&ssl=1",1030,438,true],"mh-magazine-content":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?resize=678%2C381&ssl=1",678,381,true],"mh-magazine-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?resize=678%2C509&ssl=1",678,509,true],"mh-magazine-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?resize=326%2C245&ssl=1",326,245,true],"mh-magazine-small":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020_Atlantic_Tropical_Names.jpg?resize=80%2C60&ssl=1",80,60,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"adminrfm","author_link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/author\/adminrfm\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"At a Glance The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. 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