User blog comment:Whiplash/Is it time to add 'Z' names to the Atlantic naming lists?/@comment-4074533-20170829175640

Hi, Whiplash! I see you've been editing quite a bit recently after a break from the Wikia!

I also have been thinking about how the WMO will need to modify naming lists in the coming years as the Atlantic becomes more active. It is definitely plausible that they will add in "Z" names as you hypothesize. However, for the sake of maintaining consistency with the EPAC, the WMO would likely add "X" and "Y" names to the Atlantic lists as well if this occurred, hereby producing 24-name lists. Additionally, the WMO would probably alternate these "Z" names every other year instead of every six, again to be consistent with EPAC naming customs.