Australia uses new naming list

[Iune]

Australia has now started to use new naming lists starting this year!

Australian Region Names
A Anika Anthony Alessia Alfred Ann
B Billy Bianca Bruce Blanche Blake
C Cathy Carlos Charlotte Caleb Claudia
D Dominic Dianne Dylan Debbie Damien
E Ellie Errol Edna Ernie Esther
F Freddy Fina Fletcher Frances Ferdinand
G Gabrielle Grant Gillian Greg Gretel
H Hamish Heidi Hadi Hilda Harold
I Ilsa Iggy Ita Ira Imogen
J Jasper Jasmine Jack Joyce Joshua
K Kirrily Koji Kate Kelvin Kimi
L Laurence Lua Lam Linda Lucas
M Magda Mitchell Marcia Marcus Marian
N Neville Narelle Nathan Nora Noah
O Olga Oswald Olwyn Owen Odette
PQ Paul Peta Quang Penny Paddy
R Robyn Rusty Raquel Riley Ruby
S Sean Sandra Stan Savannah Seth
T Tasha Tim Tatjana Trevor Tiffany
UV Vince Victoria Uriah Veronica Verdun
WXYZ Zelia Zane Yvette Wallace

[Iune]

The link is here for a better view http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone/about/cyclone-names.shtml#names

[Iune]

The new lists are good except that they got rid of Rebecca and Alison (or was it Allison)

[HURAKAN]

The article:

Introduction

This page provides a listing of 104 names that are used for tropical cyclones in the Australian Region. There is a single list of names that are used by all of the Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWC). This single list was introduced for the start of the 2008/09 season, replacing the three lists that existed previously.

The name of a new tropical cyclone is usually selected from this list of names. If a named cyclone moves into the Australian region from another country's zone of responsibility, the name assigned by that other country will be retained. The names are normally chosen in sequence, when the list is exhausted, we return to the start of the list.

Requests by the public for tropical cyclone names

The Bureau of Meteorology receives many requests from the public to name Tropical Cyclones after themselves, friends, etc. The Bureau is unable to grant all these requests as they far out-number the number of Tropical Cyclones that occur in the Australian region.
The Bureau will only accept requests received in writing (not e-mail). The request cannot be immediately granted but the name will be added to a supplementary list. When a name is retired of similar gender and initial, a name can be included from this supplementary list (subject to checks to ensure it is not on the Southern Hemisphere retired name list or offensive in any of the languages of our international neighbours.)
Note that it can take many decades for a suitable slot to become available, then a further 10-20 years for the names to cycle through, so it is likely to be well over 50 years before your requested name is allocated to a cyclone.
Tropical cyclone naming policy

* Tropical cyclone names in each list alternate male and female
* Names of cyclones that have already significantly affected the Australian region cannot be used again
* If two or more cyclones are occurring simultaneously, similar sounding names (eg June & Jane) are avoided to minimise confusion
* Names should not be capable of being construed to subject the Bureau to criticism or ridicule (eg naming a sequence of cyclones after politicians)
* Lists of names are coordinated with neighbouring meteorological services to avoid duplication

Notes

When a significant cyclone affects Australia (like TC Tracy in 1974 or TC Larry in 2006), the name is "retired" and replaced in the list with a name of similar initial and gender.

A name may be skipped if it is not deemed appropriate when it is due to be used (eg it is the same as the name of a public figure who is in the news for a sensitive or controversial reason)

A name may be skipped if a similarly named cyclone is active in the area.

Cyclones may not seem to follow alphabetical sequence as cyclones named in an adjoining area move into the Australian region.

Cyclones moving westwards across the Indian Ocean are usually renamed by the TCWC at La Reunion, when they move out of Australia's zone of responsibility. Otherwise cyclones retain their name throughout their existence.

Sometimes a decayed cyclone will re-generate (eg after crossing land) and will usually retain the name it had before it weakened.

[Tampa_God]

Hmmm..... Olga, weren't afraid to add that name huh?

[P.K.]

Olga was previously on the TCWC Perth name list. This new single list just looks to be an amalgamation of the three former lists.

[Ed Mahmoud]

I always wondered why the BOM issues 'hurricane wind warnings' at sea for tropical cyclones, but don't call their cyclones 'hurricanes'. Other than the word hurricane has its origin with indigenous people of the Caribbean and Central America, that is.


I drank a lot of Swan Lager in Perth, Christmas week 1986. Shame my ship left port before New Years Eve.

[Mecklenburg]

Australia has now started to use new naming lists starting this year!

Australian Region Names
A Anika Anthony Alessia Alfred Ann
B Billy Bianca Bruce Blanche Blake
C Cathy Carlos Charlotte Caleb Claudia
D Dominic Dianne Dylan Debbie Damien
E Ellie Errol Edna Ernie Esther
F Freddy Fina Fletcher Frances Ferdinand
G Gabrielle Grant Gillian Greg Gretel
H Hamish Heidi Hadi Hilda Harold
I Ilsa Iggy Ita Ira Imogen
J Jasper Jasmine Jack Joyce Joshua
K Kirrily Koji Kate Kelvin Kimi
L Laurence Lua Lam Linda Lucas
M Magda Mitchell Marcia Marcus Marian
N Neville Narelle Nathan Nora Noah
O Olga Oswald Olwyn Owen Odette
PQ Paul Peta Quang Penny Paddy
R Robyn Rusty Raquel Riley Ruby
S Sean Sandra Stan Savannah Seth
T Tasha Tim Tatjana Trevor Tiffany
UV Vince Victoria Uriah Veronica Verdun
WXYZ Zelia Zane Yvette Wallace

oh... they use Q...the only names i can think of beginning with Q is Queenie and Quintin

[jaxfladude]

No "Dundee"(for "D") from the cult hit, "Crocodile Dundee"????
Or "Tobias"(for "T") from the infamous "The Simpsons" episode: 'Bart vs. Australia'???

[masaji79]

I like the new name list. It's interesting that they will be using the list for storms that form in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Also I like that they added one Japanese name....Koji.

[Mecklenburg]

Australia has now started to use new naming lists starting this year!

Australian Region Names
A Anika Anthony Alessia Alfred Ann
B Billy Bianca Bruce Blanche Blake
C Cathy Carlos Charlotte Caleb Claudia
D Dominic Dianne Dylan Debbie Damien
E Ellie Errol Edna Ernie Esther
F Freddy Fina Fletcher Frances Ferdinand
G Gabrielle Grant Gillian Greg Gretel
H Hamish Heidi Hadi Hilda Harold
I Ilsa Iggy Ita Ira Imogen
J Jasper Jasmine Jack Joyce Joshua
K Kirrily Koji Kate Kelvin Kimi
L Laurence Lua Lam Linda Lucas
M Magda Mitchell Marcia Marcus Marian
N Neville Narelle Nathan Nora Noah
O Olga Oswald Olwyn Owen Odette
PQ Paul Peta Quang Penny Paddy
R Robyn Rusty Raquel Riley Ruby
S Sean Sandra Stan Savannah Seth
T Tasha Tim Tatjana Trevor Tiffany
UV Vince Victoria Uriah Veronica Verdun
WXYZ Zelia Zane Yvette Wallace

what a horrid name

[Calasanjy]

Alright, regardless of what anyone thinks about any one particular name (and I notice that many are preoccupied with seeing their own name or those of people they know being used for a tropical cyclone), I don't really see the objective of using a combined list for all three warning centers. Are the three warning centers (Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane) going to continue as separate entities? In addition, the various basins have different ethnic traditions which could conflict, so why not keep the lists separate?

In addition, how frequently would the new list repeat? Of course it all depends on how many cyclones occur in a given season, however considering that there are 105 names on the list it could repeat every seven years if 15 names are used per season. While I'm picking apart this list, what is the purpose of not including names beginning with P, Q, W, X, Y, and Z on each list instead of only utilizing each letter occasionally??? You'd think that people could be more creative than they are.

[Chacor]

I always wondered why the BOM issues 'hurricane wind warnings' at sea for tropical cyclones, but don't call their cyclones 'hurricanes'. Other than the word hurricane has its origin with indigenous people of the Caribbean and Central America, that is.

The term is used in the Southwest Indian Ocean as well because on the Beaufort scale, a force 12 wind is a 'hurricane'. So once a cyclone nears force 12, they will issue a hurricane wind warning.

[Chacor]

Are the three warning centers (Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane) going to continue as separate entities?

They would have to unless the WMO approved their merger into one centre. The BoM has many branches (sort of like the local NWS WFOs), so I would expect the three to remain independent.

In addition, the various basins have different ethnic traditions which could conflict, so why not keep the lists separate?

Not that there were many Aboriginal names on Darwin's list in the first place.

In addition, how frequently would the new list repeat? Of course it all depends on how many cyclones occur in a given season, however considering that there are 105 names on the list it could repeat every seven years if 15 names are used per season.

Presumably it will work like the WPac list. Seven years seems about right.

[Calasanjy]

Not that there were many Aboriginal names on Darwin's list in the first place.

Haha, you have a point there. And I wouldn't expect any being added; the Australian government won't go that far in reparations.

On the subject of rotating lists, I would believe there enough decent names and words in existence for any basin to have to repeat a name for record-keeping purposes, however.

And in addition, for TC enthusiasts like me a unique name just gives each cyclone its own attitude