Subtropical cyclones edit
As the satelitte era started
During the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season, the NHC started to issue advisories on subtropical cyclones publically and named them using the phonetic alphabet. During the season, After
The practise of naming subtropical cyclones using the phonetic alphabet was dropped ahead of the 1974 Season, after Dr Simpson had retired.[1] [2]
- Hurricane Karen
At the 24th session of the committee in 2002, the representative of Bermuda suggested that since subtropical systems could be as intense as some tropical systems, NHC should review its procedures for subtropical storms in order to ensure the appropriate response from the population.[3] In response, NHC submitted its own proposals to the committee which amongst other things responded to Bermuda's suggestion, before the committee considered and accepted a revision of the definitions for tropical and subtropical cyclones.[3] During the session there was considerable debate about the designation, numbering and naming of tropical and subtropical cyclones before it agreed with the NHC that a common system of names and numbers should be used for both types of systems.[3]
During the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season the naming of subtropical cyclones restarted, with names assigned to systems from the main list of names drawn up for that year.[4]
References edit
- ^ http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2000/summ0005.htm
- ^ R.H. Simpson and Paul J. Hebert (April 1973). "Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1972" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c RA IV Hurricane Committee Twenty-Fourth Session Orlando, Florida, United States April 3 - 10, 2002 (Report) (in Spanish). July 26, 2002. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original on March 2, 2004. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ Guishard, Mark P (March 14, 2006). "Boundary Layer Winds in Fabian's Eyewall" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2015.