2013: Andrea
2014: Arthur
2015: Ana
First named storms of the Atlantic basin will be as follows. 2015: Ana 2016: Alex 2017: Arlene
The first three names on the Atlantic list are Andrea, Barry, and Chantal. The first three East Pacific names will be Alvin, Barbara, and Cosme. However these names will be assigned to tropical storms, and it is unknown which, if any, of these storms will reach hurricane status.
The first named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will be Ana. A system need only become a tropical storm to be named, though, and there is no way of knowing in advance which named storms will reach hurricane status.
The US agency that names hurricanes is the National Hurricane Center, which is responsible for storms in the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific in the northern hemisphere. The U.S. is primarily affected by the Atlantic storms. In the Atlantic each year has a preassigned list of names. Whenever a storm system attains tropical storm status, it is given the next name on the list. Roughly half of all Atlantic tropical storms become hurricanes. The names on each list are in alphabetical order and alternate in gender. For example, for 2013, the first names on the list are Andrea, Barry, Chantal, and Dorian. The name lists are reused on a six-year cycle. For particularly bad storms a name may be retired, meaning it will not come up for re-use with the rest of its list. Instead, a named of the same gender and first letter will take its place. For example, Katrina in 2005 was replaced by Katia for the 2011 season.
The first named storm in the Atlantic in 2014 will be Arthur. However, a system only needs to become a tropical storm to be named, and there is no way of knowing whether this first tropical storm will attain hurricane status.
First named storms of the Atlantic basin will be as follows. 2015: Ana 2016: Alex 2017: Arlene
2013: Andrea 2014: Arthur 2015: Ana
The first tropical storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was Hurricane Alex.
Ana
The first named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season will be Arthur.
There are three main factors that affect the formation of tropical storms. First, tropical storms can only form over warm ocean water as it is the moisture from these oceans that fuels them. So they are mainly limited tropical regions. Second, wind shear can essentially tear a storm apart, so tropical storms usually do not form often in places with strong wind shear. As an example, the southern Atlantic ocean experiences a lot of wind shear, making tropical storms there extremely rare. Third, tropical storms need a strong Coriolis Effect to form as this is what drives their rotation. As a result tropical storms cannot form on the equator, and rarely form very close to it.
The names simply alternate in gender. If the last tropical storm or hurricane had a male name then the next name will be female and vice versa. For example, the first four Atlantic tropical storms of this year in order were Arlene, Bret, Cindy, and Don.
The first three names on the Atlantic list are Andrea, Barry, and Chantal. The first three East Pacific names will be Alvin, Barbara, and Cosme. However these names will be assigned to tropical storms, and it is unknown which, if any, of these storms will reach hurricane status.
The first named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will be Ana. A system need only become a tropical storm to be named, though, and there is no way of knowing in advance which named storms will reach hurricane status.
The first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season will be Andrea.
The US agency that names hurricanes is the National Hurricane Center, which is responsible for storms in the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific in the northern hemisphere. The U.S. is primarily affected by the Atlantic storms. In the Atlantic each year has a preassigned list of names. Whenever a storm system attains tropical storm status, it is given the next name on the list. Roughly half of all Atlantic tropical storms become hurricanes. The names on each list are in alphabetical order and alternate in gender. For example, for 2013, the first names on the list are Andrea, Barry, Chantal, and Dorian. The name lists are reused on a six-year cycle. For particularly bad storms a name may be retired, meaning it will not come up for re-use with the rest of its list. Instead, a named of the same gender and first letter will take its place. For example, Katrina in 2005 was replaced by Katia for the 2011 season.
The first hurricane of 2016 already happened in January. Its name was Alex. The next named storm in the Atlantic will be Bonnie, but it is not certain if this storm will become a hurricane. A system need only attain tropical storm status to receive a name, and only about half of all tropical storms go on to become hurricanes.