2020 Atlantic Storm Season to Be Most Active Ever

As of the morning of Sept. 18, we have run out of names for storms, as Wilfred has formed early this morning. Now that the National Hurricane Center is out of names, it will switch to the Greek alphabet. By the time this comes out, a storm designated as Tropical Depression 22 is growing and might become Alpha.

Running out of storm names is not unheard of, but it is very uncommon. This is the fastest that we have run out of storm names ever. As of this writing, Wilfred is on track towards Cuba and Florida. Going back to TD 22 we might see some rain out of it this week as it is currently a few hundred miles off of the Texas Gulf Coast and slowly tracking towards us. It is forecasted to become a hurricane before landfall which would make it Hurricane Alpha and for the first time in 15 years we would see a storm named Alpha.

(Editor’s note: Tropical Depression 22 was eventually named Beta.)

As this season seems to have no end, the records that were set by 2005 are on track to be shattered by the 2020 season. To make 2020 even weirder there are two tropical depressions over the Mediterranean Sea, which is nearly unheard of. To have even one over there is an extremely rare phenomenon, but to have two at the same time is unheard of. I guess you can check that off your 2020 bingo. As it stands now the 2020 Atlantic storm season will go down as the most active and oddball years ever.

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Now onto your local weather. As we head onto the back half of September, the temps are dropping and the rain is coming back, with this week having an average high of 84 and a 60 percent of showers on Tuesday. The rest of the week will be partly cloudy with a gentle breeze from the north. Tuesday is also an important astronomical day as it is the Autumnal Equinox, where the day and night will be equal lengths for the last time this year.