ATLANTIC & PACIFIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY & PREDICTIONS 2014

Tropical Cyclone Names for the 2014 Season​

following information taken from WMO - World Meteorological Organization

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The original name lists featured only women's names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they alternate with the women's names. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2008 list will be used again in 2014. The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO Tropical Cyclone Committees (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it. Infamous storm names such as Katrina (USA, 2005), Mitch (Honduras, 1998) and Tracy (Darwin, 1974) are examples for this.

Listed below are the names available for the 2014 tropical cyclone (hurricane) season  for the North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins.  Names appearing in red are systems currently active and being observed.  Names appearing in blue are systems that have completed their cycle and a post-analysis is available on them.  To read about the system in greater detail(names in red or blue) just click on it.  Names appearing in black have not yet been used for the season.