Omeka is the 9th name on Central Pacific list 3. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses its four Hawaiian lists one name after another, across years, so no name has a set year. The next name up is Olana, and Omeka comes 24 names after it. It is the only storm named Omeka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Omeka is on Central Pacific list 3, and it is not on NHC’s list of retired central and eastern Pacific names (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
When the rotation reaches it. Central Pacific names are used one after the other, and after the last name of list 4 the rotation goes back to list 1 (Tropical Cyclone Names). The next name up is Olana; Omeka comes 24 names after it.
Omeka formed in the Central Pacific in December 2010 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Omeka (2010): track and historyOmeka is name 9 of 12 on Central Pacific list 3. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center names storms that reach tropical-storm strength between 140°W and the International Date Line, taking the next name in the rotation, so a Hawaiian name belongs to whichever storm comes along when its turn arrives.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Omeka in 2010, in the Central Pacific. It formed on December 16, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. Omeka is name 9 on Central Pacific list 3. It is the only storm named Omeka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.