Has the name "Stormy" been on the list yet?

 

Look out! Here come The Hurricanes!

No, not Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, the bullpen band that Ringo Starr warmed up with before he got with The Beatles. No, the official list of storm names is out, and the fun will be seeing if any of the boys and girls from work and school will have their names buffeted about this summer. 

As always, the weather service predictors are calling for an “above-average" season. They say they can see where we might see as many as 20 named storms forming. And of those 20, maybe 10 will end up becoming hurricanes. (An average season has 14 named storms, of which 7 are hurricanes.) 

This will be on the test: a tropical storm takes one of these names when it features sustained winds of 39 mph. If/when those winds crank up to 74 mph; it's a hurricane.

Swiss people are noted for being neutral in all things. They are not hoping for storms, so don't blame them if we get a bunch this summer. The group that selects the names is the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), out of Geneva, and the names are chosen several years in advance, so just because someone named "Alvin" does something noteworthy one spring, it would have to be a coincidence to have that name on the list.

Same with "Simon" and "Theodore."

If you see your name on the list below, and if "your" storm turns out to be a really destructive or deadly one, the name is retired and you won't have to be tormented about it any more. Right, Katrina?

Hurricane Names 2021:

Ana

Bill

Claudette

Danny

Elsa

Fred

Grace

Henri

Ida

Julian

Kate

Larry

Mindy

Nicholas

Odette

Peter

Rose

Sam

Teresa

Victor

Wanda