Tropical cyclones
Formation and naming
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Climatology and tracking
Basins - RSMCs - TCWCs - Scales Observation - Rainfall forecasting - Rainfall climatology Traditionally, areas of tropical cyclone formation are divided into seven basins. ... These centres are responsible for the distribution of information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by consensus at the World Meteorological Organization as part of the World Weather Watch. ... These five regional warning centers are part of the World Meteorological Organization tropical cyclone programme, and act to observe, name, and forecast tropical cyclones in their respective sections of the world, supplementing the work of the main Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres. ... NASA QuikSCAT image of Typhoon Nesat (2005) showing the near-surface winds generated by the storm 10 meters above the ocean. ... Surface weather map of the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 moving up the west coast of Florida Tropical cyclone obervation has been carried out over the past couple of centuries in various ways: the passage of typhoons, hurricanes, as well as other tropical cyclones have been detected by word of... While flooding is common to tropical cyclones near a landmass, there are a few factors which lead to excessive rainfall from tropical cyclones. ... A map of all tropical cyclone tracks, encompassing the period between the years 1985 and 2005. ...
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Due to their long-term persistence, and the need for a unique identifier in issuing forecasts and warnings, tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are given names. The following are lists from which these tropical cyclone names are derived. Galunggung in 1982, showing a combination of natural events. ... Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet. ... Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ... Image:Http://upload. ...

North Atlantic

North Atlantic Ocean storms are named by the U.S. National Hurricane Center from the following lists. There have been six lists of names in use since 1979 (List I). The lists make use of names from both sexes. They are in alphabetical order and lists are recycled after six years, with List V in use for the 2007 season. For retired names, see List of retired Atlantic hurricanes. All letters of the alphabet are used except Q, U, X, Y and Z. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... National Weather Service Logo The U.S. National Hurricane Center is the division of National Weather Services Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. ... 1Including tropical and subtropical depressions The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... This is a list of all Atlantic hurricanes that have had their names retired. ...

Gender alternates both between adjacent names in a list (a male name is followed by a female one and vice versa) and between initial names between lists (if one year's list starts with a female name, the next year's list begins with a male one and vice versa).

If the names on a list are all used, storms are then named after the letters of the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc.)^[1] Greek names, unlike the names in the regular lists, cannot be retired. In case a storm reached the magnitude that might otherwise have lead to retirement, the storm would be listed with the retired names with a footnote indicating the Greek letter would still be available for future storms.^[2] The use of 21 names was established in reference to the 1933 Atlantic hurricane season which had been the record holder for the most storms in the region. This record was broken during the 2005 season, which saw 28 storms (27 named and one unnamed), and saw the first use of the Greek alphabet to name storms. ... The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. ... Lowest pressure 997 mbar (hPa) Damage None reported Fatalities None reported Areas affected Azores Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season The 2005 Azores subtropical storm was the nineteenth nameable storm of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. ...

South Atlantic

Because of the rarity of tropical cyclones in the South Atlantic Ocean, there is no naming scheme for storms that occur there.

When a hurricane formed there in 2004, it was informally named Catarina after Santa Catarina in Brazil, where it made landfall. Some meteorologists, however, referred to it as Hurricane Aldonça, with the idea of using an 'A' name for the first storm. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cyclone Catarina was an extremely rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone. ... Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil. ...

North Pacific east of 140W

Eastern North Pacific naming follows the same scheme as the North Atlantic, but with its own lists. The present naming system was introduced a year earlier than the Atlantic system, when List IV was used anomalously in 1978, but List I was used in 1979 in parallel with that in the Atlantic. Names starting with X, Y and Z were only added in 1985 when the number of storms threatened to exhaust the list and are repeated every two years instead of every six as very few names begin with X, Y and Z ("Xina" was used in 1985, and "Zeke" in 1992). Hurricane names are retired as in the Atlantic, but names are more rarely retired as they are rarely damaging; the last hurricane to have its name retired was Hurricane Kenna of 2002. Because of their long-term persistence, and the need for a unique identifier in issuing forecasts and warnings, tropical cyclones are given names. ... Lowest pressure 913 mbar (hPa) Damages $5 million (2002 USD) $5. ...

As in the Atlantic, the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, etc.) would be used to name any additional cyclones if there are more than 24 named storms in one season. Unlike in the Atlantic, this has never happened in the Pacific. The Greek alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Greek language since about the 9th century BCE. It was the first alphabet in the narrow sense, that is, a writing system using a separate symbol for each vowel and consonant alike. ...

Central North Pacific (Date line to 140W)

Central North Pacific storms are named by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, Hawaii from the following lists (arranged in order of the Hawaiian alphabet). The lists are used in rotating order without regard to year; the first name for a new year is the next name that was not used the previous year. The last name used from this list was Ioke, in the 2006 season Though this name was Retired when the lists were revised and replaced with the name Iopa. The next tropical storm that forms in the Central Pacific will be named Kika, as of the 2006 season. As with the National Hurricane Center's lists, the names of damaging storms are retired (for example, Iniki was replaced with Iolana). On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki caused more than USD $3 billion of damage in Hawaii. ... “Honolulu” redirects here. ... The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian language that takes its name from that of the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. ... The 2006 Pacific hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 2006 Pacific hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... Lowest pressure 938 mbar (hPa; 27. ...

Western North Pacific

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones are named by the Tokyo Typhoon Centre of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Names are selected from the following lists, which were contributed by members of the WMO Typhoon Committee. Each of the 14 nations or territories submitted 10 names, which are used in alphabetical order, by the English name of the country. Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁) is a government agency, which is a central place responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Japan. ...

For the meaning of new names proposed by Hong Kong, refer to the middle part of this document. For the meaning of other names, refer to this website.

North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia... Motto None (Unofficial: Broadly benefit humankind also translated as Devotion to the welfare of humanity) Anthem Aegukga Patriotic Hymn Capital (and largest city) Seoul Official languages Korean Government Presidential republic  -  President Roh Moo-hyun  -  Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Establishment  -  Independence declared March 1, 1919 (de jure)   -  Liberation August 15... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia... Motto None (Unofficial: Broadly benefit humankind also translated as Devotion to the welfare of humanity) Anthem Aegukga Patriotic Hymn Capital (and largest city) Seoul Official languages Korean Government Presidential republic  -  President Roh Moo-hyun  -  Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Establishment  -  Independence declared March 1, 1919 (de jure)   -  Liberation August 15... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones (including tropical depressions) within its area of responsibility. These names are used along with the international names in the Western North Pacific. Lists are recycled every four years and are effective from 2005. If the list of names for a given year is insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list.

North Indian Ocean

This list is effective from mid-2004 until 2009. The names will be used sequentially and once only.

Cyclone Agni existed closer to the equator than any other tropical cyclone in recorded history, breaking the record of Typhoon Vamei just 3 years before. ... Cyclone Mala, also known as Super Cyclonic Storm Mala, was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2006 North Indian cyclone season . ... Lowest pressure 988 hPa (mbar) Fatalities 3 direct Damage Unknown Areas affected Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Myanmar Part of the 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season Cyclone Akash (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Cyclonic Storm Akash) was the first named tropical cyclone of the 2007 North Indian Ocean... Current storm status Category 3 cyclone (1-min mean) As of: 1100 UTC June 5 Location: 21. ...

Australia

The Australian cyclone authorities give cyclones names based upon where in the ocean around Australia they form. The lists are similar to the Hawaiian list in how they operate. The lists are used in rotating order without regard to year (the first name for a new year is the next name that was not used the previous year), and damaging storm names are retired.

Western Australia (90E to 125 E)

Northern Australia (125E to 137E)

Eastern Australia (137E to 160E, south of ~10S)

South-west Indian Ocean

The cyclone authorities in Mauritius give names to Indian Ocean cyclones that form or move into the ocean west of 90 degrees East longitude and south of the Equator. (Cyclones that were given a name by the Australian authorities get a new name when they move west of 90 degrees East.) The lists work similar to those of Atlantic and Eastern Pacific storms, but because they are in the Southern Hemisphere, the years are counted from July of one year to June of the next, rather than January to December of the same year. Also, new names are made for every storm year and not recycled cyclically like the North American lists.

2005/2006

• Alvin - Boloetse - Carina - Diwa - Elia - Farda - Guduza - Helio - Isabella - Jaone - Kundai - Lindsay - Marinda - Nadety - Otile - Pindile - Quincy - Rugare - Sebina - Timba - Usta - Velo - Wilby - Xanda - Yuri - Zoelle

2006/2007

• Anita - Bondo - Clovis - Dora - Enok - Favio - Gamede - Humba - Indlada - Jaya - Katse - Lisebo - Magoma - Newa - Olipa - Panda - Quincy - Rabeca - Shyra - Tsholo - Unokubi - Vuyane - Warura - Xylo - Yone - Zouleha

2007/2008

• Ariel - Bongwe - Celina - Dama - Elnus - Fame - Gula - Hondo - Ivan - Jokwe - Kamba - Lola - Marabe - Nungu - Ofelia - Pulane - Qoli - Rossana - Sama - Tuma - Uzale - Vongai - Warona - Xina - Yamba - Zefa

Fiji

Names in the list are used sequentially and effective 2005 onwards. List A, B, C and D is use sequentially. List E is a list of replacement names.

Papua New Guinea

List effective from 2005. Names are used sequentially. List B details replacement names for list A which will be added in the bottom of list A to maintain the alphabetical order.

See also

Tropical cyclones Portal

• List of previous tropical cyclone names
• European windstorm names
• List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
• List of Pacific hurricane seasons
• List of Pacific typhoon seasons
• List of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons

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Sources

• Tropical Cyclone Names (2005-2010) from the World Meteorological Organization
• National Hurricane Center's list of world tropical cyclone names
• PAGASA's list of Philippine-specific tropical cyclone names
• UK Meteorological Office's list of tropical cyclone names
• Newspaper article on the origin of the current naming system
• Revised tropical cyclone name list for Northwest Pacific and South China Sea
• BOM Tropical cyclone names
• [1] Revised Tropical Cyclone Name List for the Northen Central pacfic