Interesting Scenario with the Greek-named Storms

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#21 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:38 pm

jburns wrote:
Tampa Bay Hurricane wrote:the disturbing thing about 2005 is that we got so many named storms
given very unfavorable conditions out in the Eastern Atlantic with
constant shear and excess SAL. Imagine 2005 with a favorable
eastern atlantic and lots of CV storms....


This year almost all developed west of 60 with a high percentage making landfall in the US. In an active Cape Verde season many of those early developers never make it across. Of course the ones that do are often impressive but closer in development didn't seem to inhibit strength this year. I certainly could be wrong but feel that we got more hits from this years setup than we would have with a big CV year.



Yea if they developed earlier many might have recurved....
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#22 Postby Weatherfreak14 » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:39 pm

I think next year we could have a worse season and I think if it is possible they wouldn't because it will be so rare. :idea:
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#23 Postby canetracker » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:47 pm

Because of the rareness of this happening, don't think it would be retired either.
On a funny note, what sexuality would they be...would alpha be male and beta be a female?
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#24 Postby Brent » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:05 pm

HURAKAN wrote:What I think they could do is that since the Greek alphabet is not very usable (I mean yearly wise), in the case of a destructive "Greek hurricane", the name could simply be just omitted for the next time the Greek alphabet is used.


Didn't Charlie used to be in the Greek list and after CHARLEY hit SW FL last year they got rid of it? I could have swore somewhere I had seen it on the list before...
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#25 Postby Brent » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:07 pm

Tampa Bay Hurricane wrote:Yea if they developed earlier many might have recurved....


Example: 1995.

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Only 1 major hit the U.S.(and that was a Marginal Opal) with only 1 other hurricane(Erin), yet, it was one of the busiest seasons on record for all the CV storms that recurved. The NE Caribbean really took a beating though.
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#26 Postby Windsong » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:43 am

Tom Terry (Orando TV Met) explained that once the Greek Alphabet is used, it would be followed by 05, so the first storm would be Alpha05 followed by Beta05 etc.

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#27 Postby DoctorHurricane2003 » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:03 am

Brent, you can't get rid of a Greek letter. ;)

Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Lambda
Mu
Nu
Xi
Omicron
Pi
Rho
Sigma
Tau
Upsilon
Chi
Phi
Psi
Omega

^entire Greek Alphabet

You are thinking of the Phonetic alphabet:

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
etc.
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#28 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:15 am

Windsong wrote:Tom Terry (Orando TV Met) explained that once the Greek Alphabet is used, it would be followed by 05, so the first storm would be Alpha05 followed by Beta05 etc.

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Not per se. It will officially be referred to as "Alpha" or "Beta" just as we do "Arlene." However, to specifically refer to an individual storm, such as "Arlene 05" or "Arlene 99", we will say "Alpha 05". But advisories and the like will still say: "Alpha"
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#29 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:19 am

DoctorHurricane2003 wrote:You are thinking of the Phonetic alphabet:

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
etc.


Doc, you're mixing up your phonetic alphabets. :wink:

One is: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Gulf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.

The other is: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-ray, Yoke, Zebra

The latter alphabet was used in naming cyclones in the early 1950s.
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#30 Postby DoctorHurricane2003 » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:28 am

*sigh

You military people just HAVE to make everything so complicated, don't you!?


:p
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#31 Postby Brent » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:35 am

senorpepr wrote:The other is: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-ray, Yoke, Zebra

The latter alphabet was used in naming cyclones in the early 1950s.


That explains where I have seen Charlie before.

:oops:
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#32 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:40 am

DoctorHurricane2003 wrote:*sigh

You military people just HAVE to make everything so complicated, don't you!?


:p


If we didn't, it wouldn't be as fun.
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#33 Postby gilbert88 » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:23 pm

Hurricane Uniform

Hurricane Quebec

I think I like the "new" phonetic alphabet.
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#34 Postby sponger » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:01 pm

hurricane Oboe sounds pretty cool!
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#35 Postby curtadams » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:09 pm

sponger wrote:hurricane Oboe sounds pretty cool!


Brings new meaning to the joke "the ill woodwind that nobody blows good" :lol:
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