The names of the Atlantic storms are scheduled to run out for the second year in a row, with only two remaining on the official list.
The 2021 season has seen a “record” start, with 19 named hurricanes forming in the Atlantic basin so far.
“Teresa is the 19th storm to form in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which is far above normal. During the past 30 years, there are typically only eight named storms by September 24, he noted, “AccuWeather .
The most notable, Ida, swept the Gulf Coast and the coastline in late August and early this month.
Hurricane Sam is currently swirling off the Caribbean coast, while subtropical storm Teresa was named Friday because it formed off the coast of Bermuda, but has since weakened.
An area of low pressure, west of the Cape Verde Islands, has a 90 percent chance of becoming a “tropical depression or tropical storm” in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center .
A close second has a 50 percent chance of becoming a cyclone. If these two are formed, the list of 21 names of 2021 will be exhausted, to which only Victor and Wanda remain, since the list dispenses with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z.
Yes, in that case, the alternate list of names will have to be used, starting with Adria, Braylen, Caridad and Deshawn. With two months until the hurricane season ends on November 30, it seems likely.
Rick Spinrad, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said in a press release: “After a record start, the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season shows no sign of abating as it enters the months peak to come. “
Alternative list of 2021 hurricane names
- Adria
- Braylen
- Charity
- Deshawn
- Emery
- Foster
- Gemma
- Heath
- Isla
- Jacobus
- Kenzie
- Lucio
- Makayla
- Nolan
- Orlanda
- Pax
- Ronin
- Sophie
- Tayshaun
- Viviana
- Will
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In 2020, 30 staggering storms were named, by looking at the Greek alphabet used for additional weather systems. This has only happened twice before, in 2005 and 2020. Of the nine alphabetic words used last year, two had to be retired, Eta and Iota, as they were very lethal.
After the 2020 record breaking hurricane season, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Hurricane Committee decided to discard the use of Greek names in favor of official endorsement lists for the Atlantic basin and the eastern North Pacific basin.
WMO said: “It also decided. This is a brief summary.
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