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As of now, there are no active tropical storms or hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
The next to Atlantic tropical storms will be named Gaston and Hermine.
No. There are two criteria for a storm to be considered a hurricane. It must by a tropical and the maximum sustained winds must be at least 74 mph. Many storms in the Atlantic are either extratropical or subtropical and may that are tropical never attain winds of 74 mph.
Tropical storms with high winds and heavy rains are called hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean, and typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean.
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As of now, there are no active tropical storms or hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are both named. Hurricanes have more detailed and already thought of names, while tropical storms aren't as important.
Tropical cyclones (the generic term for hurricanes and similar storms) are most common in the western portions of oceans in the tropics. Such storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean and the eastern Pacific hurricane.
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A tropical cyclone is another name for a hurricane. When massive storms grow in the Atlantic, they're known as hurricanes. However, then storms that large build in the Pacific, they're known as typhoons.
There have been too many tropical storm in history to list them all here. So here are the Atlantic storms of 2012 that did not become hurricanes: Alberto Beryl Debby Florence Helene Joyce Oscar And in the eastern Pacific in 2012: Aletta Hector John Kristy Norman
The next to Atlantic tropical storms will be named Gaston and Hermine.
No. There are two criteria for a storm to be considered a hurricane. It must by a tropical and the maximum sustained winds must be at least 74 mph. Many storms in the Atlantic are either extratropical or subtropical and may that are tropical never attain winds of 74 mph.
Tropical storms with high winds and heavy rains are called hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean, and typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean.
Names for tropical storms and hurricanes are selected an alphabetical list. Irene was the ninth Atlantic tropical storm to form in 2011 and Irene was the ninth name on the list.
Of the 18 named Atlantic tropical storms that occurred in 2011, 7 became hurricanes. Those storms were Irene, Katia, Maria, Nate, Philippe, Ophelia, and Rina. In the Pacific there were 11 named storms of which 10 became hurricanes. Those hurricanes were Adrian, Beatriz, Calvin, Dora, Eugene, Greg, Hilary, Irwin, Jova, and Kenneth.