In Victorian times storms were named arbitrarily.

Hispanic hurricane names. In 1945 the National Weather Bureau introduced a clumsy phonetically alphabetized list with suggestions like Able Baker Charlie and Dog but it ran out of names in 1953. Isaias is Spanish for Isaiah. The first black name will be selected from choices of DeAndre Jaquell or Dontelle followed by a womens list of Monesha Chantrelle and Deschwanda.

While names of hurricanes previously included names from A to Z for example hurricane names from 1958 included Udele Virgy Wilna Xrae Yurith. Hortense Cesar Fran 1996. Isaias was moving 20 mph west-northwest with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

However if you compare the names in the lists you will see that Matthew and Otto will not be reused in 2023. 2016 hurricane names same as 2004 with notable deletions. Luis Marilyn Opal Roxanne 1995.

Isaias pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs is the next name up in the Atlantic Basin. Are as follows. The following hurricanes were so bad their names wont be used again.

This shows how the name lists are recycled every six years. An Atlantic storm that ripped off the mast of a boat named Antje in 1842 became known as Antjes hurricane. The next name on the 2020 list is raising some questions as to who actually names these storms.

Back then the United States started naming storms with female names only. An Atlantic storm that ripped off the mast of a boat named Antje in 1842 became known as Antjes hurricane. Andrea Barry Chantal Dorian Erin Fernand Gabrielle Humberto.