Why cyclones are given female name?

Answer 1

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE , NOAA, National Weather Service Experience shows that the use of short, distintive given names in written as well as spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error than the older more cumbersome latitude-longitute identification methods. These advantages are specially important in exchanging detailed storm information between hundres widely scattered stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea. The use of easily remembered names greatly reduces confusion when two or more tropical storms occur at the same time. For example, one hurricane can be moving slowly westward in the Gulf of Mexico , while at exactly the same time anothe hurricane can be moving rapidly Northward along the Atlantic coast. In the past, confusion and false rumors have arisen when storm advisories broadcast from radio statio were mistaken for warning concerning an entirely different storm located hundreds of miles away. History of Hurricane Names For several hundred years many hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. Ivan R. Tannehill describes in his book "Hurricanes" the major tropical storms of recorded history and mentions many hurricanes named after saints. For example, there was "Hurricane Santa Ana" which struck Puerto Rico with exceptional violence on July 26, 1825, and "San Felipe" (the first) and "San Felipe" (the second) which hit Puerto Rico on September 13 in both 1876 and 1928. Tannehill also tells of Clement Wragge, an Australian meteorologist who began giving women's names to tropical storms before the end of the l9th century. An early example of the use of a woman's name for a storm was in the novel "Storm" by George R . Stewart, published by Random House in 1941, and since filmed by Walt Disney. During World War II this practice became widespread in weather map discussions among forecasters, especially Air Force and Navy meteorologists who plotted the movements of storms over the wide expanses of the Pacific Ocean. In 1953, the United States abandoned as confusing a two-year old plan to name storms by a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie) when a new, international phonetic alphabet was introduced. That year, this Nation's weather services began using female names for storms. The practice of naming hurricanes solely after women came to an end in 1978 when men's and women's names were included in the Eastern North Pacific storm lists. In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Answer 2

Cyclones have names for various reasons which is mainly to facilitate communication. The culture of giving cyclone names started in 1945 and has been extended over the years which facilitates the description of a particular cyclone.

Answer 3

One reason is to tell them apart. They could be represented by letters, or numbers, but names are much easier to remember. Naming cyclones originated with an Australian weather forecaster in the early 20th century who named cyclones after political figures he did not like. It enabled the forecaster to describe a politician whom he disliked in terms such as "causing great distress" or "wandering aimlessly about the Pacific". This was changed to women's names during World War II, when tropical cyclones and hurricanes were named by US Army Air Corp and Navy meteorologists, usually after their girlfriends or wives, while they were monitoring cyclones over the Pacific.

Answer 4

Can't find a specific reason why. They started using female names in 1953 and went to male and female names in 1979 in the Atlantic hurricane season.

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Answer 5

Because people have a tradition. It started when Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic, named her son Horus. Horus decided that female humans were special. So the Indian people heard his calls. They deciphered his code and passed the message to the people who named the cyclones. It is quite a tale.

Answer 6

Cyclones are given both male and female names nowadays. In the past, some cyclones were given female names due to the influence of the Australian meteorologist Clement Wragge, who started naming them after women he disliked. This practice has since evolved to include male names to promote gender equality.

Answer 7

You must be missing alternate cyclones. The list of names for each year alternates

between male and female names.

Answer 8

Because they wreck up your house just like an ex-wife