No Retirement for โImeldaโ
I was convinced that Tropical Storm Imeldaโs wrath over Texas in 2019 was certainly enough to have that name retired. To my knowledge, Imelda was not placed into consideration by the entire WMO hurricane committee for retirement. The same is true for Isaias, Sally and Delta. AdI asked Dennis what happens if we go to the alternate list and only get to, say, the name starting with C: would we pick up the next time we need the alternate list with D, or get a whole new list every year? Get ready for alternate lists--my prediction is for another busy hurricane season.
Eta remains a strong tropical storm heading to Florida
HOUSTON โ The storm is expected to weaken just slightly down to a strong tropical storm before making landfall somewhere between Cedar Key and Clearwater, Florida by this evening. It will bring heavy rain, wind and up to a 2-3 foot storm surge during high tide across central and NW Florida coastline. Eta is approaching the central Florida coastline this eveningEta will move across Florida tonight and tomorrowWe might be nearing the end of hurricane season but the tropics are still very busy! Tropical Storm Theta is churning in the north Atlantic heading towards Spain and Portugal and we will likely be looking at โIotaโ over the next few days tracking in the Caribbean towards Central America. Busy TropicsTHETA marks the 29th named storm of the 2020 season breaking the record for the most named tropical systems in a hurricane season.
2020 now the busiest hurricane season with the formation of Theta
HOUSTON โ This year will again go down in the history books โ this time for a meteorological record. Subtropical Storm Theta formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Monday night. It is the 29th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season, which runs until Nov. 30. That sets a record for the most named storms in a single season. You can track Thetaโs path here.