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As of January 1, 2025, 00:00 UTC, if a tropical storm were to be named in the Atlantic basin, it would be called Andrea. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) maintains six rotating lists of names for Atlantic tropical storms, reused every six years. The 2025 list begins with Andrea, followed by Barry, Chantal, Dexter, and so on.
The name Tony is also on the WMO’s list but was scheduled for use in 2024, following Sara. Since the 2024 season has concluded, the naming sequence has reset for 2025, starting again with Andrea.
It’s important to note that the Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to November 30 each year. However, storms can occasionally form outside of this period. If a storm were to develop now, it would take the first name from the 2025 list, which is Andrea.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) use GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), also known as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), as the standard time zone for naming tropical storms and recording their activity.
This ensures a consistent global standard, regardless of the time zone where the storm originates or is tracked. So at 00:00 GMT on January 1, 2025, the storm would be named based on the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season list, starting with Andrea, even if the local time in the storm’s location is different.
Time zones like EST are not used for official storm naming.
As of January 1, 2025, 00:00 UTC, if a tropical storm were to be named in the Atlantic basin, it would be called Andrea. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) maintains six rotating lists of names for Atlantic tropical storms, reused every six years. The 2025 list begins with Andrea, followed by Barry, Chantal, Dexter, and so on.
The name Tony is also on the WMO’s list but was scheduled for use in 2024, following Sara. Since the 2024 season has concluded, the naming sequence has reset for 2025, starting again with Andrea.
It’s important to note that the Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to November 30 each year. However, storms can occasionally form outside of this period. If a storm were to develop now, it would take the first name from the 2025 list, which is Andrea.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) use GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), also known as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), as the standard time zone for naming tropical storms and recording their activity.
This ensures a consistent global standard, regardless of the time zone where the storm originates or is tracked. So at 00:00 GMT on January 1, 2025, the storm would be named based on the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season list, starting with Andrea, even if the local time in the storm’s location is different.
Time zones like EST are not used for official storm naming.