Hurricane Names?

Question

How do they name hurricanes?

Answer 1

The National Hurricane Center is a great resource for tropical weather subjects...

Answer 2

Names are assigned in advance for six-year cycles. The names are suggested by countries that lie in the path of hurricanes. The names must be approved by the Region 4 Hurricane Committee of the World Meteorological Organization, which is made up of representatives of countries affected by hurricanes. Once a tropical storm develops, staff members at the National Hurricane Center near Miami, Florida, automatically assign it the next name on the list.

Answer 3

The World Meteorological Organization puts names into six lists

Each year, a different list is used   (every sixth year, they go back to the fist list)

Each list has names starting with every letter, except  "Q", "U", "X", "Y" and "Z".           For example, the first name might be Allison, followed by Blake...,etc.

Answer 4

In the Atlantic Ocean, they go from letters A to W without letters Q & U and in the East Pacific they go from A to Z without letters Q & U.  They go in order by male/female/male/female. So if A is a male's name then B is a female's name and C's a male's name. The gender of A is determined by the year. 2005 began with a female so 2006 began with a male and 2007 began with a female. If more names are needed after they've used all letters, then they use the Greek Alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta etc.) The list is repeated every 6 years. So the 2004 names are being used in 2010 and then again in 2016. They also retire names if they make landfall as a Category 3 or greater. So the 2004 names , Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne are being replaced with Colin, Fiona, Igor and Julia.

Here's the list of Hurricane Names for the next 4 years:

2008:

Arthur

Bertha

Cristobal

Dolly

Edouard

Fay

Gustav

Hanna

Ike

Josephine

Kyle

Laura

Marco

Nana

Omar

Paloma

Rene

Sally

Teddy

Vicky

Wilfred

2009:

Ana

Bill

Claudette

Danny

Erika

Fred

Grace

Henri

Ida

Joaquin

Kate

Larry

Mindy

Nicholas

Odette

Peter

Rose

Sam

Teresa

Victor

Wanda

2010:

Alex

Bonnie

Colin

Danielle

Earl

Fiona

Gaston

Hermine

Igor

Julia

Karl

Lisa

Matthew

Nicole

Otto

Paula

Richard

Shary

Tomas

Virginie

Walter

2011:

Arlene

Bret

Cindy

Don

Emily

Franklin

Gert

Harvey

Irene

Jose

Katia

Lee

Maria

Nate

Ophelia

Philippe

Rina

Sean

Tammy

Vince

Whitney

Answer 5

They go through the alphabet and pick boys names and girls names alternately:

Eg.

Albert

Betty

Charlie

Dawn

Edward

Fiona

Etc.

Cheers

Answer 6

Read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_N...

Answer 7

They go from A-Z and when they finish they start over.

Answer 8

they go back and forth between male and female  and go through the letters of the alphabet. but the name is probably random.

Answer 9

hurricanes are given names. Why is that? To help us identify storms and track them as they move across the ocean. Remember, there can be more than one hurricane at a time and without naming them, we could get confused and which storm we're talking about.

For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. An Australian meteorologist began giving women's names to tropical storms before the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the U.S. National Weather Service, which is the federal agency that tracks hurricanes and issues warnings and watches, began using female names for storms.

In 1979, both women and men's names were used. One name for each letter of the alphabet is selected, except for Q, U and Z. For Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, the names may be French, Spanish or English, since these are the major languages bordering the Atlantic Ocean where the storm occur.

So who decides what names are used each year? The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation. The same lists are reused every six years. The only time a new name is added is if a hurricane is very deadly or costly. Then the name is retired and a new name is chosen.