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minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-218 days agoEpsilon is not E, storm names went Greek after running out of English letters (skipping Q, U, X, Y and Z). E in 2020 was Tropical Storm Edouard. They now no longer go Greek, there’s a list of alternate names and I think it starts over at A.
minus-squareN0MAD@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoExcept there was a Tropical Storm Epsilon in 2020. And a Hurricane Epsilon in December 2005.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoThat article wasn’t updated when it became a hurricane later.
Epsilon is not E, storm names went Greek after running out of English letters (skipping Q, U, X, Y and Z). E in 2020 was Tropical Storm Edouard.
They now no longer go Greek, there’s a list of alternate names and I think it starts over at A.
Except there was a Tropical Storm Epsilon in 2020. And a Hurricane Epsilon in December 2005.
That article wasn’t updated when it became a hurricane later.