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Announcement
by the Department of Meteorology regarding storm naming for the period 2023 –
2024 |
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On October 2021, the tripartite national cooperation of Greece – Cyprus – Israel, at the level of their Meteorological Services/Departments and in the context of the resolutions of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and also of the European body that coordinates the network of National Meteorological Services (EUMETNET), has launched the process of naming weather systems that are expected to cause severe weather phenomena and will affect the Eastern Mediterranean, during both the cold and warm periods of the year. The naming of a severe weather
phenomenon will be co-decided by representatives of the Meteorological
Services/Departments during weekly (or more frequent, when deemed necessary)
meetings. During these meetings, all available information from numerical
weather models and observational data will be used, in order to inform each
other about regional weather issues and the evolution of the movement of
systems that are going to affect the Eastern Mediterranean region. The aim of this action is to
sensitize the general public through mass media and social network media and
thus to alert citizens, in order to protect their lives and property and also
to help the national emergency services inform about the passage of severe
weather phenomena that may be accompanied by multiple effects, thus ensuring
the protection of human lives and properties. For the period October 2023 –
September 202,4 the list of names chosen to be used in alphabetical order was
drawn up jointly between the three national meteorological services,
reflecting the linguistic idiom of the three countries. The names, in order
of use, for the period 2023 – 2024, are shown in the following common list
and chart: Avgi, Ben, Cornelius, Doros, Eden, Fedra, Gea, Hilel, Iris, Keren, Leonidas, Maria, Nir, Olympias, Petros, Qamar, Raphael, Sofia, Tal, Urania, Vyron, Widad, Xenophon, Yakinthi, Ziv  Chart:
Common list of names, in order of use, for the severe weather events expected
during the period October 2023 – September 2024, for the Eastern
Mediterranean region. The naming was done jointly by the National
Meteorological Services/Departments of Greece, Cyprus and Israel. (AP/SCH) |
