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Two more hurricane names to be retired.
« on: March 20, 2024, 08:27:24 PM »
Dear WeatherCat observers of extreme weather (preferably from a safe distance.)

The Weather Channel has a piece on the retiring of the names Otis and Dora from the pool of potential hurricane names in the Eastern Pacific:

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-03-19-hurricane-otis-dora-retired-eastern-pacific-wmo

When a hurricane is sufficiently devastating, it is felt inappropriate to use the name again.  This is decided by the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) hurricane committee.  Worry not, replacement names have already been chosen.  O​tis will be replaced by Otilio and Dora by Debora when this Eastern Pacific hurricane name list comes up again in 2029.

That is your bit of meteorological trivia for the day!

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Re: Two more hurricane names to be retired.
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2024, 10:48:03 PM »
Thank you for keeping us straight on these names.
Blick