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2020's Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Now Using Greek Alphabet For Only the Second Time
By Jonathan Erdman
2 hours ago
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has used up its entire names list and has begun using the Greek alphabet for the rest of the season's named storms for only the second time ever.
Friday morning, Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Just a few hours later the National Hurricane Center initiated advisories on Subtropical Storm Alpha, a compact low-pressure system that was moving into Portugal.
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While a Portugal landfall is odd enough, the big story is we've exhausted the entire list of 21 Atlantic hurricane season names. Additional named storms will be named using letters from the Greek alphabet.
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-09-18-2020-atlantic-hurricane-season-goes-greek