Also see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_A… and perhaps also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_A…
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At the rate things are going, we could get to Alpha by the end of this week, and I'd be surprised if we don't get to it by the end of the month.
(It seems likely we'll see Wilfred tomorrow.)
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When I wrote that 12 hours ago I was expecting TD 22 to become Wilfred... but the tropical wave in the eastern tropical Atlantic beat it to that. So now there are decent odds we'll have TS Alpha today (as TD 22 strengthens).
Tropical Storm #Wilfred Advisory 1: Wilfred Forms in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Get Out the Greek Alphabet For the Rest of 2020. go.usa.gov/W3H
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OK, TD 22 didn't get Alpha either. We might get to Beta today.
If you were away for a couple of hours, you might have missed the two latest Atlantic storms. #Wilfred is no threat to land, while #Alpha is just offshore of Portugal. For more on Alpha's hazards see ipma.pt & the NHC advisories are at hurricanes.gov
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And we made it to Tropical Storm Beta. Also, today three names were consumed in a 6-hour interval (Wilfred at the regular 15:00 UTC advisory, Alpha in a special 16:30 UTC advisory, and Beta at the regular 21:00 UTC advisory).
Tropical Storm #Beta Advisory 5: Depression in the Gulf of Mexico Becomes Tropical Storm Beta. go.usa.gov/W3H
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In case you lost track...
(But, oh, the math jokes we missed by not having Delta and Epsilon at the same time...)
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And the record falls:
Subtropical Storm #Theta has developed tonight in the Northeast Atlantic, the 29th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
This breaks the single season record for the most named storms previously held by the 2005 Hurricane Season.
Details: nhc.noaa.gov/#Theta
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Seems like more than an Iota of a chance we'll have a Tropical Storm Iota today or tomorrow. Perhaps a fitting cap to the season would be a Tropical Storm Kappa?
Nov 13, 2020 · 5:57 PM UTC
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