Official 2005 retired names and 2011 list of names

[HURAKAN]

Forming in a weird place doesn't give a cyclone the chance to be retired except if it caused devastation.

[P.K.]

What Vamei in 2001?

The name seems to have been removed from the list. It only reached 45 kts (1006hPa) so I guess there were lots of problems with precipitation?

[HURAKAN]

What Vamei in 2001?

The name seems to have been removed from the list. It only reached 45 kts (1006hPa) so I guess there were lots of problems with precipitation?

Wasn't Vamei a typhoon with winds around 75 knots.

[P.K.]

This is the best track file for it.

66666 0126 8 0035 0126 0 6 VAMEI 20020124
01122612 002 2 14 1059 1010 000
01122618 002 2 15 1056 1010 000
01122700 002 3 15 1052 1008 040 00000 0000 90100 0100
01122706 002 3 15 1044 1006 045 00000 0000 90120 0120
01122712 002 3 16 1039 1008 035 00000 0000 90100 0100
01122718 002 2 17 1032 1010 000
01122800 002 2 18 1025 1010 000
01122806 002 2 20 1013 1012 000

http://www.data.kishou.go.jp/yohou/typhoon/data/T0126.png

[cycloneye]

May I request to the mods (specifically cycloneye) that this thread be 'Stickyed' when the new names are posted, and let it remain for a few days.

Thanks,

SSW

When the official information about the retired 2005 names and the 2011 list is out this will be a sticky only for a couple of days.

[StormScanWx]

Thanks!!!

[LaBreeze]

And what about Rita - I'd retire her for what she did to my house alone.

[AJC3]

This is the best track file for it.

66666 0126 8 0035 0126 0 6 VAMEI 20020124
01122612 002 2 14 1059 1010 000
01122618 002 2 15 1056 1010 000
01122700 002 3 15 1052 1008 040 00000 0000 90100 0100
01122706 002 3 15 1044 1006 045 00000 0000 90120 0120
01122712 002 3 16 1039 1008 035 00000 0000 90100 0100
01122718 002 2 17 1032 1010 000
01122800 002 2 18 1025 1010 000
01122806 002 2 20 1013 1012 000

http://www.data.kishou.go.jp/yohou/typhoon/data/T0126.png

Two things about this.

1) The JTWC best track does list Vamei peaking as a 65kt typhoon.

https://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/20 ... _32W_Vamei

2) The .jp link makes me pretty sure that yours is a JMA "best track" instead of JTWC. IIRC, the JMA uses 10-min sustained winds instead of 1-minute like JTWC does. Also, irrespective of the previous point, the JMA is notorious for being too low on intensity estimates...at least that's been my experience. YOMV.

[AussieMark]

45 kts 10 min is around 51 kts 1 min

normally u divide by 0.88 to convert a 10 min average to 1 min average

[P.K.]

It is the JMA best track yes and I'll always use the official best track.

Any news on the 2011 names yet?

[alicia-w]

Here's a pretty good explanation:

"The Retirement of Hurricane Names

Hurricanes that have a severe impact on lives or the economy are remembered generations after the devastation they caused, and some go into weather history. The National Hurricane Center near Miami, Florida, monitors tropical disturbances in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans which could become a hurricane.

Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request that the name of the hurricane be "retired" by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc. and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name. If that happens, a like gender name is selected in English, Spanish or French for Atlantic Storms.

There is an exception to the retirement rule, however. Before 1979, when the first permanent six-year storm name list began, some storm names were simply not used anymore. For example, in 1966, "Fern" was substituted for "Frieda," and no reason was cited.

Below is a list of Atlantic Ocean retired names, the years the hurricanes occurred, and the areas they affected. There are, however, a great number of destructive storms not included on this list because they occurred before the hurricane naming convention was established in 1950.

Atlantic Storms Retired Into Hurricane History

Agnes (1972§*): Florida, Northeast U.S.
Alicia (1983*): North Texas
Allen (1980*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Andrew (1992*): Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana
Anita (1977): Mexico
Audrey (1957§*): Louisiana, North Texas
Betsy (1965§*): Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana
Beulah (1967*): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
Bob (1991*): North Carolina & Northeast U.S.
Camille (1969§*): Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Carla (1961§*): Texas
Carmen (1974): Mexico, Central Louisiana
Carol (1954§*): Northeast U.S.
Cesar (1996): Honduras
Celia (1970*): South Texas
Cleo (1964*): Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida
Connie (1955§): North Carolina
David (1979): Lesser Antilles, Hispañola, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Diana (1990): Mexico
Diane (1955§*): Mid-Atlantic U.S. & Northeast U.S.
Donna (1960§*): Bahamas, Florida and Eastern U.S.
Dora (1964*): Northeast Florida
Edna (1968)
Elena (1985*): Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida
Eloise (1975*): Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama
Fifi (1974): Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana
Flora (1963): Haiti, Cuba
Floyd (1999): North Carolina, eastern seaboard
Fran (1996): North Carolina
Frederic (1979*): Alabama and Mississippi
Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Gloria (1985*): North Carolina, Northeast U.S.
Hattie (1961): Belize, Guatemala
Hazel (1954§*): Antilles, North and South Carolina
Hilda (1964§*): Louisiana
Hortense (1996)
Hugo (1989*): Antilles, South Carolina
Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico
Ione (1955*): North Carolina
Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico
Joan (1988): Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (Crossed into the Pacific and became Miriam)
Klaus (1990): Martinique
Lenny (1999): Antilles
Luis (1995)
Marilyn (1995): Bermuda
Mitch (1998): Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras
Opal (1995): Florida Panhandle
Roxanne (1995): Yucatan Peninsula

KEY
§Within the list of top 37 deadliest U.S. hurricanes
* Within the list of the top 31 costliest U.S. hurricanes (in 1990 dollars)
(Measurements only available through 1992 for storms that affected the U.S.)

NOTES:
"Carol" was used again to denote a hurricane in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean in 1965. However, because the name does not appear after that time, it is assumed that the name was retired retrospectively for the damages caused by the 1954 storm of the same name.

The (2001) names "Allison", "Iris', and "Michelle" will be proposed for retirement when the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Association-IV meets in the Spring, 2002.

For more information contact National Hurricane Center public affairs at (305) 229-4404 or visit the NHC Web site at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.

http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/groun ... names.html

[LSU_Weatherguy]

So how much longer will they make us wait before they give us the list

[Derek Ortt]

they almost never announce it. Typically, it appears on the NHC names list as we approach the start of the new season

[HurricaneHunter914]

I hope Emily will be retiered. Devestated alot of the Yucatan Peninsula.

[cycloneye]

They haved it all decided as the meeting is over since yesterday.But it takes time to update the storm names page at NHC so be patient.Folks the clue about when the 2005 names and the list fot 2011 is posted at this thread will be when you see it sticky. In the meantime we can continue to have good discussions about this interesting theme.

[AndrewSmith2500]

They haved it all decided as the meeting is over since yesterday.But it takes time to update the storm names page at NHC so be patient.Folks the clue about when the 2005 names and the list fot 2011 is posted at this thread will be when you see it sticky. In the meantime we can continue to have good discussions about this interesting theme.

Thanks. What do you think of the names Derek, Donald, Elizabeth, Emma, Katie, Kayla, Krista, Rosie, Ruth, Scott, Sean, Stephen, Whitney and Willow?

[DoctorHurricane2003]

AndrewSmith, can you please stop with those posts? Thanks.

[senorpepr]

They haved it all decided as the meeting is over since yesterday.But it takes time to update the storm names page at NHC so be patient.Folks the clue about when the 2005 names and the list fot 2011 is posted at this thread will be when you see it sticky. In the meantime we can continue to have good discussions about this interesting theme.

Thanks. What do you think of the names Derek, Donald, Elizabeth, Emma, Katie, Kayla, Krista, Rosie, Ruth, Scott, Sean, Stephen, Whitney and Willow?

Wow. With all due respect, you have made 61 posts here on Storm2k and ALL 61 posts have been regarding storm names...

...looks like someone has a name fetish...

[StormScanWx]

I wouldn't name a tropical system Willow, TREES come to mind.

[Coredesat]

Wow. With all due respect, you have made 61 posts here on Storm2k and ALL 61 posts have been regarding storm names...

...looks like someone has a name fetish...

I think he's just trolling. I posted about that earlier.