Official 2005 retired names and 2011 list of names

[cycloneye]

The meeting of the WMO (World Meteorogical Organization) is underway here at San Juan,Puerto Rico from today thru the 4th of April.The important question of this meeting is what will the 2011 list of names will look like after they decide which of the 2005 hurricanes they will retire their names.And maybe they will use an alternative list of names and talk about the greek names as well.If I get information about the results of the meeting first hand I will post it here.

[StormScanWx]

Can't wait to see the new names. Keep us posted.

[P.K.]

Does Spain get a say in the names now?

lol, reading the article just posted I'm actually correct. "Newcomers to the WMO this year are Spain, Brazil, and Cape Verde, who last year suffered unusual meteorological situations."

[cycloneye]

March 30, 2006

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The top U.S. hurricane expert said Thursday that this year's hurricane season is likely to be stronger than average, though short of the record 2005 season, the costliest on record.

"It would be an unbelievable record to have another season like that, that's just not very realistic," said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

But he warned that this year's hurricane season, which officially begins on June 1, might be stronger than average.

"I think everybody is going to say we're going to have an above-average season here," Mayfield told a news conference at a San Juan hotel, adding: "We don't have the numbers worked out yet."

A record 27 tropical storms formed in 2005, with seven becoming major hurricanes -- including four that made landfall in the United States.

Representatives of 25 countries from the Caribbean and North and South America met in the Puerto Rican capital on Thursday to discuss hurricane preparedness and sharing data to help improve forecasting. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center and National Centers for Environmental Prediction will release their official hurricane forecast on May 22.

Researchers are trying to better understand storm intensity, particularly after last year's Hurricane Wilma jumped from a tropical storm to a whopping Category 5 hurricane within 24 hours.

D.L. Johnson, director of the NOAA's National Weather Service, said his people are preparing to put up the next generation of weather satellites and want to improve monitoring of upper air currents to help determine where storms will go.

Officials deployed seven buoys in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea in 2005 to collect data to track hurricanes. Eight more are scheduled to be dropped into the Caribbean next year.

The region has experienced strong hurricanes since 1995, due in part to warm sea surface temperatures, participants said.

"We need to remember that the research community is telling us that we are in this active period for hurricanes that may very well last another 10 to 20 years," Mayfield said. "And that's not good news for this region."

The first tropical storm of the 2006 season will be named Alberto.

Max Mayfield speaking at meeting.

[StormScanWx]

I wonder what names will be retired....

Dennis Stan Emily Ophelia

I am very very eager to know now that the time to know is upon us.

cycloneye, when/if you find out, please Sticky the new names (of the 2011 and the Alternate List) to the top of the forum. Thank you.

[cycloneye]

Interesting what they said about seven more bouys that will be dropped in the Caribbean Sea next year.

[SouthFloridawx]

That's great news about the bouys next year also.

[southerngale]

Interesting what they said about seven more bouys that will be dropped in the Caribbean Sea next year.

Actually, eight.

Thanks for posting this. Geez...time is FLYING!! I can't believe it's almost April already. It's coming too fast.

[cycloneye]

Interesting what they said about seven more bouys that will be dropped in the Caribbean Sea next year.

Actually, eight.

Thanks for posting this. Geez...time is FLYING!! I can't believe it's almost April already. It's coming too fast.

Yes Eight.

[HurricaneHunter914]

Well if they retired Frances a cat-2 at landfall they'll certainly retire Dennis and Emily.

[f5]

Well if they retired Frances a cat-2 at landfall they'll certainly retire Dennis and Emily.

Frances was retired beacuse a nation called France saw the name as an insult it had nothing to do with strength

[Derek Ortt]

Frances was an upper cat 3 at landfall in the Bahamas and caused severe damage to the central Bahamas

It seems as if some are still thinking that only USA landfalls enable a storm to be retired

[tornadotony]

Frances was an upper cat 3 at landfall in the Bahamas and caused severe damage to the central Bahamas

It seems as if some are still thinking that only USA landfalls enable a storm to be retired

Must we be reminded that Frances caused $9-10 billion in the USA?

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Good 'ol Max. You can always count on him to be the voice of reason, no hype there, that is why I like him and his work so much

[Derek Ortt]

I know full well what it caused here. However, I did not beleive that it should have been retired for its USA damage since that was due to it impacting such a large area, but for what it did to places such as Cat Island. It's like Wilma should nto be retired for what it did to Florida, but for what it did to the Yucatan

[GeneratorPower]

Wilma should not be retired for what it did to Florida, but for what it did to the Yucatan

Remember, the reason they retire names is not just because of death/damage but also to avoid confusion. Wilma was a record setting hurricane. If there was another hurricane called Wilma down the road, it would be confusing.

Was it the Wilma of 2005 or the Wilma of 2011 that had the record pressure?

[Derek Ortt]

record intensity is not a reason for retirement. Linda in 1997, the most intense EPAC hurricane was not retired, even though some forecasts had it making landfall in California as a hurricane

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

True I remember that. Linda had 185 mph sustained winds I think.

[f5]

I bet Katrina is retired

[AussieMark]

storms are normally retired due to damage and deaths I thought.
peak intensities are not even taken into consideration

just say a hurricane reaches a record intensity and is a fish do u think they would even consider retiring the storm. we all know the answer to that without thinking about it