MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Subtropical typhoon Alpha made landfall in Portugal after conforming to the first typhoon formula since 2005 to be named a letter of the Greek alphabet.
Alpha will be short-lived and will be consumed on Saturday.
The maximum sustained winds are approximately forty-five mph with high gusts.
Which makes this typhoon his name.
When Tropical Storm Wilfred formed Friday morning in the eastern tropical Atlantic, it was the last right call on the 2020 Atlantic hurricane call list.
Once there are no more names, the National Hurricane Center begins to use the Greek alphabet.
Alpha not for long only in the list of names of the Greek alphabet.
In the early morning hours of Friday, a depression in the Gulf of Mexico strengthened to become Tropical Storm Beta, the 23rd typhoon of the 2020 season, just 4 typhoons in this record 2005 season.
The National Hurricane Center also observes Tropical Storm Wilfred south of the Cape Verde Islands, Hurricane Teddy in the Central Atlantic and two scary spaces in the West Atlantic.
If there are more named storms in this hurricane season, which, by the way, officially ends until November 30, the Greek names after Alpha and Beta are:
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