As the beginning of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season approaches, the listing of doable storm names has been launched.
The listing of names, that are decided by the World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee got here forward of the beginning of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season which is ready to start on June 1 and runs till November 30.
The full listing of names, which have been launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Hurricane Center, will be discovered beneath.
- Alex
- Bonnie
- Colin
- Danielle
- Earl
- Fiona
- Gaston
- Hermine
- Ian
- Julia
- Karl
- Lisa
- Martin
- Nicole
- Owen
- Paula
- Richard
- Shary
- Tobias
- Virginie
- Walter
Ahead of the upcoming hurricane season, the Atlantic National Hurricane Center issued its first routine climate outlook.
Brandon Bell/Getty
“For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next five days,” the outlook stated.
On May 24, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is ready to announce its “initial outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane.”
“Speakers will give the official government forecast for the number of named storms and hurricanes expected for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season and give advice on how the public can prepare for the season, which begins on June 1 and ends November 30,” the NOAA stated in a press launch.
Prior to the routine climate outlook issued by the Atlantic National Hurricane Center on Monday, a bunch of researchers from Colorado State University predicted that the Atlantic area will expertise an above-average hurricane season in 2022. The researchers, with Colorado State University’s Tropical Weather and Climate Research, forecast that there shall be 19 named storms and a minimum of 9 hurricanes. Four of the 9 hurricanes are anticipated to be a Category 3 storm or larger.
“As is the case with all hurricane seasons, coastal residents are reminded that it only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season for them,” the researchers stated. “They should prepare the same for every season, regardless of how much activity is predicted.”
Last 12 months, the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecast that the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season can be above-average forecasting 13 to twenty named storms.
The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season ended because the third most lively season ever, the National Hurricane Center reported, with a complete of 21 named storms.
Hurricane Ida was probably the most harmful storms that hit the U.S. in 2021, and resulted in additional than $60 billion in damages, based on the NOAA.
“Ida already ranks among the top-five most costly hurricanes on record for the U.S. since 1980, and its total cost will likely increase as damage costs continue to accumulate,” the NOAA stated.
Newsweek reached out to the NOAA for remark.