By World War II cyclone names Able.

Feminine names cyclones. Hurricanes and tropical storms were actually only named after women. As a result the list of possible names for cyclones was updated in the year 1979 to include male names as well. The BOM currently has a list of 104 names that will be used to name cyclones for the next 10 years.

N the beginning the cyclone were named arbitrarily. Australian meteorologist Clement Wragge started giving tropical cyclones female names in 1887. In the Atlantic and in the Southern hemisphere Indian ocean and South Pacific tropical cyclones receive names in alphabetical order and women and mens names are alternated.

There have been several cyclones named Clara in the north of Australia. Usually when he used the names of men they were politicians he hated. The first Western Australian named cyclone was Bessie that formed on 6 January 1964.

Female names were used exclusively until the current convention of alternating male and female names commenced in 1975. In 1953 to avoid the repetitive use of names the system was revised so that storms would be given female namesBy doing this the National Weather Service was mimicking the habit of naval meteorologists who named the storms after women much as ships at sea were traditionally named. You can check out the list here my personal favourites include Wallace Iggy and Ferdinand.

Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by various warning centers to simplify communication between forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts watches and warnings. He spoke of names in literature and mythology. In 1979 male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

132 rows This system of naming weather systems subsequently fell into disuse for several years after. At present the cyclones are named in a systematic way. The practice of naming hurricanes solely after women came to an end in 1978 when mens and womens names were included in the Eastern North Pacific storm lists.