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The National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Reports (TCRs) contain information on all tropical (and subtropical) cyclones that have occurred within the Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and central Pacific basins, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and damages, and the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and intensities).
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2 days ago · The 2009 Eastern Pacific hurricane season had 17 named storms, seven hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. An average season experiences 16 named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes, putting the 2009 season near normal. For the first time in 10 years, no tropical depressions formed during the month of May.
- Reason to Name Hurricanes
- History of Hurricane Names
- Retired Hurricane Names Since 1954
- Alternate Name List
The use of easily remembered names greatly reduces confusionwhen two or moretropical storms occur at the same time. For example, one hurricane canbe moving slowly westward in the Gulf of Mexico, while at exactlythe same time another hurricane can be moving rapidly northward alongthe Atlantic coast. In the past, confusion and false rumors have arise...
For several hundred years many hurricanes in the West Indieswere named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricaneoccurred. Ivan R. Tannehill describes in his book "Hurricanes"the major tropical storms of recorded history and mentions manyhurricanes named after saints. For example, there was "HurricaneSanta Ana" which struck Puerto Rico...
The NHC does not control the naming of tropical storms.Instead a strict procedure has been established by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of names for each of six years.In other words, one list is repeated every sixth year. The only time that there isa change is if a stor...
In the event that more than twenty-one named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, or more than twenty-four named tropical cyclones in the eastern North Pacific basin, any additional storms will take names from an alternate list of names approved by the WMO for each basin. This naming convention has been established by the Worl...
This is a collection of hurricane imagery from past years hurricane season.
The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season was a near-average Atlantic hurricane season that produced eleven tropical cyclones, nine named storms, three hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. [1] [nb 1] It officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in ...
Atlantic Basin. The number of North Atlantic tropical cyclones during the month of September was below normal with only one cyclone reaching hurricane intensity in the month. On average, 2.5 cyclones reach hurricane strength at some point in September. For the season-to-date period, two cyclones have reached hurricane strength.
