who names tropical storms anyway?

Question

i mean, ERNESTO? KATRINA?
who comes up with these names?

Answer 1

give a woman years of education.
give a woman a computer with internet.
and then she wonders why...

Answer 2

tropical storms are named by the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

There are clear rules for that: The First Storm starts with an A... second with a B and so on.

Ernesto is the fifth storm. If storm A got a male name. Storm B gets an female name... and storm C gets a male name and so on.

If eg 2006 storm A was male (which is the case) 2007 storm A is female.

There is a list of banned names. Storms who caused a real disaster get banned. There will never be a Hurricane Katrina or a Hurricane Ivan again.

btw the names are fix for the next five year. you will find the list there:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml...

Answer 3

The National Weather Service

Answer 4

NOAA--National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. That's who names them. The National Weather Service and the National Hurrican Center are a part of NOAA.

You can get a list of names of "unborn storms" at this website:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

I've wondered how the storm monikers affect the popularity of a name. For example, if you were pregnant at this time last year and considering naming your baby Katrina because it has always been your FAVORITE name, wouldn't you have reconsidered?

Answer 5

I think the National Weather Service does.

Answer 6

NOAA has lists of names for every year and they go alphabeticaly from storm to storm

Answer 7

That would be me.

Answer 8

good question

probably the people who detect it first? idk