How do they name hurricanes and tropical storms?

Question

I realize that they go through the alphabet, and I believe that they alternate gender (Fay, Gustav) but how do they decide the names?

Answer 1

They compile lists before-hand.

Answer 2

these are the names for this season

2008

Arthur

Bertha

Cristobal

Dolly

Edouard

Fay

Gustav

Hanna

Ike

Josephine

Kyle

Laura

Marco

Nana

Omar

Paloma

Rene

Sally

Teddy

Vicky

Wilfred  

and if any are bad they will be retiered, theyt repeat every 6 years

Answer 3

They are named by the national hurricane center, and they have this question as one of their faqs: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B1.ht...

Note that tropical cyclone is equivalent to hurricane (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A1.ht...

Answer 4

The names of tropical cyclones around the world are decided in advance by a committee of the World Meteorological Organization, and the lists are compiled. The lists usually repeat after a certain number of years. Once in a while a storm gets its name retired because it was strong enough and/or damaging enough.

The latest lists can be found here: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

Answer 5

hah idk! but thats something i'd really like to know more about!

do you know of any hurricanes with these names? :

rebekah (or an alternate spelling)

claire

anabella

pedro

???

haha