2007-08-07 20:41:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
They have premade lists. If it's a real bad hurricane, the name is retired the list of names through 2012 is at
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
2007-08-07 20:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by Jim B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're named alphabetically, the first storm of the season will begin with the letter A. The naming is alternate male, female, male, female name. The first storm of the season also alternates between male and female names.
In a particularly bad season, like the one we saw in 2005, once the alphabet has been exhausted (not all letters are used - I think it's 21 in total) the storms are given the names of Greek letters - Alpha, Beta, Gamma etc.
2007-08-07 23:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a particularly nasty one, a person on the weather
channel will name it after their ex-spouse. It's usually the
female ones that are the worst.
2007-08-07 20:46:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋