Greek alphabet looks very likely this hurricane season

By WRAL Severe Weather Center

It’s been a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, and it’s very possible we’ll run out of names soon.

Only one name – Wilfred – remains on the list generated at the beginning of hurricane season by the World Meteorological Organization. After WiIfred, subsequent storms would be named based on the Greek alphabet. The last time that happened was 2005, when there were 28 named storms.

Now that the threat of flooding from Sally has passed, meteorologists are watching Hurricane Teddy and Tropical Depression 22, which would be named Wilifred if it develops.

WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said the tropical depression could become a Category 1 storm off the coast of Texas early next week, bringing a threat for rip currents to the area. It is unclear if it will make landfall.

Hurricane Teddy as it will weaken as it passes Bermuda, and it could make landfall north of Maine next week, Gardner said. The storms are not expected to impact North Carolina.

We are in the peak of hurricane season until early-mid October. The season officially ends Nov. 30,