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The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired from the lists, with a replacement name selected at the next meeting of the Hurricane Committee. [1] If all of the names on the annual name list are used, any additional tropical or subtropical storms will receive a name from a supplemental list. [1]
The first are the international names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) or the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The second set of names are local names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. This system often ends up with a ...
Atlantic hurricane tracking chart. A tropical cyclone tracking chart is used by those within hurricane-threatened areas to track tropical cyclones worldwide. In the north Atlantic basin, they are known as hurricane tracking charts. New tropical cyclone information is available at least every six hours in the Northern Hemisphere and at least ...
As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help ...
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]
Typhoon Mawar strengthed to the equivelant of a category 5 hurricane while on path to make landfall in the Philippines ... its own names for typhoons that enters its “area of responsibility ...
Tropical Storm Isaac was located about 515 miles north-northwest of the Azores on Monday morning, and a turn toward the northwest at a similar forward speed is expected on Tuesday, the center said.
Tropical Storm Marco in the Bay of Campeche [26] Largest eye: 370 km (230 mi) August 20, 1960 August 17, 1997: Typhoon Carmen and Typhoon Winnie in the northwest Pacific Ocean [27] [28] Smallest eye : 3.7 km (2.3 mi) October 19, 2005: Hurricane Wilma in the Caribbean Sea [29] Fastest intensification (1-minute sustained surface winds)