How Hurricanes Are Named?

[Merlin the Magician]

The National Hurricane Center began officially naming tropical storms and hurricanes in 1950, although some forecasters had been informally naming storms since the 19th century. The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Western Hemisphere Hurricane Committee selects hurricane names, using alternating men’s and women’s names in English, Spanish, and French in alphabetical order. Names of deadly storms or those that cause great damage are retired. Otherwise, names remain on six rotating, yearly lists, with each list being used again six years after its last use. WMO committees also select tropical cyclone names used elsewhere in the world.


End of todays lesson.................. its an education to be on T/H of late???

 

[krizon]

Thanks, Merlin - I doubt that any of us interested in knowing how hurricanes get named would have thought of just Googling for the information. <_<

 

[Catacol]

I knew that when I was 14.