The name "Frances" was retired after the hurricane caused major damage in The only change that is made to the list of Atlantic hurricane names is the occasional retirement of a name. This is done when a hurricane causes so much death and destruction that reuse of the same name would be insensitive to the people who suffered losses.
When that happens the World Meteorological Organization replaces the name. For example, "Katrina" has been retired from the name list and will not be used again. A list of hurricane names that have been retired since the current name list system was established in is shown on this webpage.
In addition to retirements, there are a few names that were simply changed. For example, on the list the names Dean, Felix and Noel were replaced with Dorian, Fernand and Nestor for the list. There are normally fewer than 21 named tropical storms in any calendar year. In the rare years when more than 21 storms are named, a supplemental list is used. In the past, the additional storms were given names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on. However, this system led to confusion in the record-breaking Atlantic storm season of , when multiple storms with similar-sounding names Zeta, Eta, and Theta were concurrently active.
In March , the World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee made the decision to stop using the Greek alphabet, and developed a replacement list.
Tropical storms occur in the Pacific Ocean, and meteorologists working there have developed naming systems for them. Visit the National Hurricane Center to see lists and pronunciations of the names used in these areas. The World Meteorological Organization maintains the lists of names for tropical storms around the world. Retired Hurricane Names by Year. Retired in and In , Hurricane Dorian caused significant damages and fatalities. The same is true of hurricanes Laura, Eta, and Iota in Out of respect for the people who suffered losses, these names were retired and will not be used again for tropical storms.
In addition, English, French and Spanish names are used in balance on the list in order to reflect the geographical coverage of Atlantic and Caribbean storms. The list is also gender balanced and respectful of societal sensitivities. Until , when a very active hurricane season occurred and the list was exhausted, the Greek alphabet was used Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, etc.
This has occurred twice. The first time was in - a record-breaking year with several devastating hurricanes including Katrina, Rita and Wilma, whose names were all retired - when six names from the Greek alphabet were used. The second was in - a new-record breaking year with 30 named tropical storms of which nine names from the Greek alphabet, including the devastating hurricanes Eta and Iota.
Starting , in lieu of the Greek alphabet, the lists of supplemental tropical cyclones names will be used. A name can be retired or withdrawn from the active list at the request of any Member State if a tropical cyclone by that name acquires special notoriety because of the human casualties and damage incurred.
The decision to withdraw or retire a name is reached by consensus or majority vote during the WMO Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee session that immediately follows the season in question. The WMO Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee annual session in discussed the use of the Greek alphabet for hurricane naming, and whether a Greek alphabet name should be retired as done for a regular name when it meets the criteria for retirement.
The Committee felt that the use of the Greek alphabet was not expected to be frequent enough to warrant any change in the existing naming procedure for the foreseeable future and therefore decided that the naming system would remain unchanged and that the Greek alphabet would continue to be used. However, after the record-breaking season, the WMO Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee annual session in , decided to end the use of the Greek alphabet and instead, established two lists of supplemental tropical cyclone names, one of the Atlantic, one for the Pacific.
NB: Starting , in lieu of the Greek alphabet, the lists of supplemental tropical cyclones names will be used. The names are used one after the other. When the bottom of one list is reached, the next name is the top of the next list. The name of a new tropical cyclone is usually selected from this list of names. If a named cyclone moves into the Australian region from another country's zone of responsibility, the name assigned by that other country will be retained.
The names are normally chosen in sequence, when the list is exhausted, we return to the start of the list. The naming of the tropical cyclones over north Indian Ocean commenced from September , with names provided by eight Members. Since then, five countries have joined the Panel. The names to be used will be taken from the list below, starting with Nisarga, then Gati, Nivar, etc. The three lists of names shown hereafter will serve as the reference and basis to establish the future lists, just rotating them forward and changing the names having been used operationally during the corresponding ended cyclone seasons, replacing them by new names provided by the Members and never used before at the next TCC session.
In this case the original name is kept unchanged. Skip to main content. Tropical Cyclone Naming. Tags: Natural hazards. Group horizontal tab Historical Background The practice of naming storms tropical cyclones began years ago in order to help in the quick identification of storms in warning messages because names are presumed to be far easier to remember than numbers and technical terms.
Hurricane season: NOAA predicts another busy Atlantic hurricane season with up to 20 named storms possible.
Before they started naming storms, hurricane forecasters had to refer to storms by saying something like, "the storm miles east-southeast of Miami. Also, when more than one storm was going on at the same time, making it clear which storm was being described made the job even harder. In , the U. The names alternate between male and female.
There are no Q, U, X, Y or Z names because of the lack of usable names that begin with those letters. There is a separate list for tropical storms and hurricanes that form in the eastern Pacific Ocean. In addition, there are also separate lists for typhoons in the western Pacific and tropical cyclones in Australia and the Indian Ocean. Bye-bye Beta: Greek alphabet no longer to be used when hurricane season runs out of names.
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