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The U.S. National Hurricane Center is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. Official Logo of the National Weather Service File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Official Logo of the National Weather Service File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 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... The National Weather Service (NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. ... 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. ... Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ...

When tropical storm or hurricane conditions are expected within 36 hours, the center issues the appropriate watches and warnings via the news media and NOAA Weather Radio. Although an agency of the United States, the World Meteorological Organization has designated the NHC as Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for the North Atlantic and eastern Pacific. As such, the NHC is the central clearinghouse for all tropical cyclone forecasts and observations occurring in these areas, regardless of their effect on the US. This article is about weather phenomena. ... NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is an American network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service office [1]. NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day. ... The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. ... A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (also Regional Specialized Meteorological Center and Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre) is 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. ... For other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation) The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ...

The National Hurricane Center has its roots in a December 5, 1898 declaration by then-President William McKinley for the Weather Bureau (now the National Weather Service) to establish a hurricane warning network. As communications and forecasting evolved, responsibility for issuing hurricane warnings was eventually centralized in the Miami Weather Bureau office.^[1] December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... William McKinley, Jr. ... Nickname: The Magic City Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida. ...

The Miami office was designated the National Hurricane Center in 1967, and given responsibility for Atlantic tropical cyclones. In 1984, the NHC was separated from the Miami Weather Service Forecast Office, which was given the responsibility of handling standard weather forecasting and observation for southeastern Florida. By 1988, the NHC gained responsibility for eastern Pacific tropical cyclones as the former Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center in San Francisco was decommissioned. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew blew the WSR-57 weather radar and the anemometer off the roof of Gables One Tower, then the location of the NHC's offices. The radar was replaced with a WSR-88D NEXRAD system. In 1995, the NHC moved into a new hurricane resistant facility on the campus of Florida International University. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Lowest pressure 922 mbar (hPa; 27. ... NEXRAD Radar at NSSL NEXRAD or Nexrad (the next-generation radar) is a network of Doppler radars operated by the National Weather Service, an agency of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the United States. ... NEXRAD Radar at NSSL NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 158 high-resolution Doppler radars operated by the National Weather Service, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in the United States. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Florida International University (FIU) is a major state-run university located in Miami, Florida, well-known for its business, hospitality management, creative writing, architecture, and engineering programs. ...

Former NHC Director Bob Simpson was co-creator of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The current director of the National Hurricane Center is X. William Proenza.^[2] Dr. Robert Simpson is a meteorologist and hurricane specialist, and is a former director (1967-1974) of the National Hurricane Center. ... The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the levels of tropical depression and tropical storm and thereby become hurricanes; the categories it divides hurricanes into are distinguished by the intensities of their respective sustained winds. ... Bill Proenza Xavier William Proenza (also known as Bill Proenza) has been the Southern Region Director of the National Weather Service since February 18, 1999, a position he occupied for nearly eight years. ...

Hurricane specialists

The NHC's hurricane specialists are the chief meteorologists that predict the actions of tropical storms. The specialists work rotating eight-hour shifts from May through November, monitoring weather patterns in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans. Whenever a depression appears, they issue advisories every six hours until the storm runs its course. Public advisories are issued more often when the storm threatens land. The specialists coordinate with officials in each country likely to be affected. They forecast and recommend watches and warnings.

Each specialist signs forecasts and advisories with their last name, sometimes issuing joint statements with other NHC staff members.

Outside of the hurricane season, the specialists concentrate on public education efforts. ^{[3] [4]}

Current specialists

Senior hurricane specialists

• Dr. Lixion Avila, specialist since 1987
• Dr. Jack Beven, specialist since 1999
• James Franklin, specialist since 1999
• Dr. Richard Knabb, specialist since 2005
• Dr. Richard Pasch, specialist since 1989
• Stacy Stewart, specialist since 1999 and the Warning Coordination Meteorologist

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Hurricane specialists

• Eric Blake, specialist since 2006
• Dan Brown, specialist since 2006
• Michelle Mainelli, specialist since 2006
• Jamie Rhome , specialist since 2006

Max Mayfield, the director of the National Hurricane Center from 2000 to 2007.

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Former and current directors

• Gordon Dunn (1965-1967)
• Robert Simpson (1967-1973)
• Neil Frank (1973-1987)
• Bob Sheets (1987-1995)
• Bob Burpee (1996-1997)
• Jerry Jarrell (1998-2000)
• Britt Max Mayfield (2000-2007)
• Xavier William Proenza (2007-present)

1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Dr. Robert Simpson is a meteorologist and hurricane specialist, and is a former director (1967-1974) of the National Hurricane Center. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Max Mayfield Britt Max Mayfield (born on September 19, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a meteorologist who served as the director of the National Hurricane Center from 2000 to 2007. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Bill Proenza Xavier William Proenza (also known as Bill Proenza) has served as the director of the National Hurricane Center since January 4, 2007. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

Hurricane naming process

See also: Lists of tropical cyclone names#North Atlantic

In the 1953 Atlantic season, the Center began naming storms which reach tropical storm intensity with human names. This replaced a 3-year plan (involving the 1950, 1951, and 1952 hurricane seasons) to name storms using the phonetic alphabet, which changed in 1952. Previous to these systems, tropical storms were either referred to by map coordinates for identification, or assigned names in more random methods such as by saint's days or location of previous impacts. Initially, storms only had female names, but after some protest, male and female names were alternated beginning in the 1979 Atlantic season. Due to their long-term persistence, and the need for a unique identifier in issuing forecasts and warnings, tropical cyclones are given names. ... The 1953 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1950 Atlantic hurricane season was an on going event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1951 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1952 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... FAA radiotelephony phonetic alphabet and Morse code chart. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... First storm formed: June 19, 1979 Last storm dissipated: Oct. ...

The World Meteorological Organization now creates and maintains the annual lists. Names are used on a six-year rotation, with the deadliest or most notable storms having their names retired from the rotation.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. ...

See also

Tropical cyclones Portal

• Joint Typhoon Warning Center
• Central Pacific Hurricane Center

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References

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External links

• NOAA National Hurricane Center website
• History of NWS Forecast Office, Miami