Storm in the U.S., named Sandy Why?

The storm that hit parts of Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama, USA, in 2005, named after Hurricane Katrina, a storm that hit the eastern coast of the U.S., such as New York, named Sandy. Major hurricanes are always nice, pleasant, and easy to remember.

How are hurricanes named? Are there any rules? Or perfunctory?

Has a long history of naming hurricanes. Ivan R Tannehill, a lieutenant in the U.S. military who later became Hurricane climate scientists in his book, said that the naming of storms began the tradition of communities around the Caribbean.

At first, hurricanes named after saints in the Catholic religion. For example, the storm that hit Puerto Rico on July 26, 1825 Santa Ana named storm, a storm that hit the same area in 1876 is named after Hurricane San Felipe.

In naming it, the storm with the other storms that may have the same name. The storm that hit Puerto Rico in 1876 was named San Felipe I, while that hit the same region in 1928 was named San Felipe II.

Furthermore, changing the naming system. Every hurricane formation regions have different naming systems.

In the U.S., naming ever undertaken by the coordinates of where the storm formed. However, the system was eventually changed because hard to remember and difficult to communicate. There are many potential mistakes when calling a storm.

In 1953, began naming storms in the Pacific based on the names of women. The system was later adopted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the U.S. to name storms that form in the Atlantic region.

The name was taken to storm sorted according to the alphabet each year, except that beginning with Q, U, X, Y and Z. Some 21 names prepared each year. When there are more than 21 storms, based on the subsequent naming Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, and so on.

A number of storm names for the Atlantic region NHC prepared for a period of 6 years. Thus, in 7 years, there will be a storm names are repeated. Major storms will not be repeated if the storm resulted in very bad disaster. For example, the name of Hurricane Katrina will not be repeated.

Then, why the storm this time named Sandy?

For the year 2012, a number of names have been used for previous storms, like Alberto, Beryl, and Chris. Sandy is a storm to storm-18 that occurred in 2012. Sandy name taken in accordance with the already prepared.

Sandy hurricanes as basically a phenomenon of tropical cyclones. This phenomenon is the result of factors that warmer temperatures at sea level, air humidity, and wind due to the rotation of the Earth.

Tropical cyclones have their own terms based on where the formation and strength. In the Indian Ocean, a tropical cyclone is called a tropical cyclone alone. Hurricane refers to tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic, while the Typhoon in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

Not only has the right to name NHC tropical cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC) at the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) also have the right to name tropical cyclones. TCWC duty BMKG named tropical cyclones formed in the 0-10 degrees latitude and 90-125 degrees longitude.

TCWC BMKG preparing flower names as the name of the cyclone, as Flamboyan, Orchid, and Cempaka. Another list also contains the name of the fruit for cyclone names, such as wine, Carambola, and Duku.

The first tropical cyclone named by TCWC roster BMKG Orchids are tropical cyclones. Based on BOM Australia, a tropical cyclone is formed October 28, 2010, reached category 2 cyclone on 1 November 2010 and became extinct on 4 November 2010.

source = NHC, BMKG, BOM Australia