How does the National Hurricane Center decide on which names are chosen for the upcoming hurricane season?

Question

There's always a list of names for each season, but how are the names to go on these lists chosen?

Answer 1

A little known fact is that the names of tropical storms and hurricanes actually REPEAT every 6 years!

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The original name lists featured only women's names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they alternate with the women's names. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2006 list will be used again in 2012

The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it. For example there will never be another Katrina it's been retired.

Answer 2

You can check the lists of names for hurricanes, tropical cyclones and typhoons around the world here:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

"In 1979, men's names were introduced and they alternate with the women's names. "

The Australian Government under Prime Minister Gough Whitlam ordered the Bureau of Meteorology to use both male and female names for tropical cyclones in 1974. By the time lists were prepared and approved by the World Meteorological Organisation it was 1975 before alternating male and female names were used. The rest of the world followed suit gradually with the USA finally agreeing four years later in 1979.

Answer 3

I think many same names are used every 5 years

Answer 4

It goes male then female.
I guess there must be some code behind it, they can't just pick them from a hat.

Answer 5

i dont know lol srry