Will We Get to Hurricane Alpha?

Posted on September 27, 2005

This hurricane season has been known for its destructive power and category five storms but it is also above average for the number of storms. There are just four names left to use this year: Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma. You can see a list of the names for 2005-2010 on this NHC page. After Wilma the National Hurricane Center says the next names will come from greek letters:

In the event that more than 21 named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on.

So after Wilma you would have Tropical Storm Alpha or Hurricane Alpha depending on the strength of the storm. There are still a few days in September and the hurricane season officially runs until the end of November so it is possible that there could be a TS Alpha or Hurricane Alpha this year. SciGuy also has a post on this subject and the Sun-Sentinel's blog has also blogged about running out of names earlier this season.