Who gets the privilege of naming a hurricane/tropical storm?

Question

and if it's a male name, does that mean the storm will be stronger? and a female name for a more fiercer storm? LOL

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

No one gets the privilege of naming storms. It's the World Meteorological Organization. This year's names are Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, etc.

If one of these names are used for a storm that causes great death or destruction, that name is likely to be retired. For example, if a category 5 storm (like Katrina) makes landfall as a category 5, its name will likely be retired.

The gender of the name does not determine the strength, as lists are reused every 6 years. Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, and Edouard are not likely to be retired, so we should see the names above again in 2014.

Answer 3

The National hurricane center in Florida has the privelage of naming the storms.  The named storms alternate from boy to girl.  This years A was a boy, B was a girl, etc.  If a storm is very devastating, they retire the name.  If it was a boy name that they retired, they have to think of another boy name, and vice versa.  

Answer 4

i dont know they probably just pick it. go ask the weather channel

Answer 5

I don't know but they go alphabetical, and go girl/boy/girl/boy etc. for each hurricane