jonnythan
Audioholic Ninja
I'm not sure you understand the policy or history here.
Subtropical storms, almost without variation, become named tropical storms. In 2002, the National Hurricane Center - not a media organization - started giving names to the subtropical storms that almost invariably become tropical storms.
I remember growing up and hearing about subtropical storm 3 or 5 or whatever that ended up becoming Tropical Storm Betty or Alfonso or Franzibald or whatever. Now they - the National Hurricane Center - just give the name to the subtropical storm so that we have a consistent name throughout the life of the storm.
Note that only one subtropical storm - Nicole in 2004 - failed to become a tropical storm since naming of subtropical storms began.
This naming change appears to be welcome to those in the affected areas, including my family in New Orleans.
Subtropical storms, almost without variation, become named tropical storms. In 2002, the National Hurricane Center - not a media organization - started giving names to the subtropical storms that almost invariably become tropical storms.
I remember growing up and hearing about subtropical storm 3 or 5 or whatever that ended up becoming Tropical Storm Betty or Alfonso or Franzibald or whatever. Now they - the National Hurricane Center - just give the name to the subtropical storm so that we have a consistent name throughout the life of the storm.
Note that only one subtropical storm - Nicole in 2004 - failed to become a tropical storm since naming of subtropical storms began.
This naming change appears to be welcome to those in the affected areas, including my family in New Orleans.