At a Glance

The list of 2018-19 winter storm names has been revealed.Winter storms are named at The Weather Channel for those systems meeting strict NWS criteria.There were 24 named winter storms in the 2017-18 season from October through April.

The Weather Channel and weather.comreleased the 2018-19 winter storm names list Tuesday, marking the seventh season of naming winter storms.

The names will be used in alphabetical order to identify winter storms that meet objective naming criteria based on National Weather Service winter storm warnings, blizzard warnings and ice storm warnings.

The list of winter storm names for the 2018-2019 season.

was the first of its kind to be developed by The Weather Channel.

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"It's simply easier to communicate about a complex storm if it has a name, which our naming program has demonstrated," said, former senior hurricane specialist at The Weather Channel and compiler of past lists. "Good communications benefits everyone."

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The names list was compiled by a team from both The Weather Channel TV and weather.com.

Winter storm names excludeany current Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane names on the for the next six years, and any (those particularly deadly, destructive and historic).

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Winter storms are named based on either meeting, or the expectation to meet, at least one of the following criteria:

- NWSwinter storm, blizzard, or ice storm warnings covering at least a population of 2 million-NWS winter storm, blizzard, or ice storm warnings covering at least an area of 400,000 square kilometers

Storms forecast to trigger NWS warnings over a much larger population and/or area, such as January 2018's Winter Storm Grayson in the and ,are typically named well ahead of time.

Lake-effect snowstorms are not named, and any warnings covering lake-effect snow are not counted for consideration for naming a winter storm.

Using these criteria, the number of named winter storms has been consistent over six seasons.

According to winter weather expert of The Weather Channel, therewere 24 named winter storms in the 2017-18 season. The three previous seasons each had22 named storms. There were26 named storms in and 27 storms in .

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The season's first winter storm has been namedfrom the first few days of October to mid-November. The season's final winter storm has been named from mid-April throughmid-May.

Named winter storms at weekly intervals from 2012-13 through 2017-18.

(Tom Niziol, The Weather Channel)

In a typical season, winter storms have most often reached naming criteria from the latter half of January through February.