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Western Pacific Tropical Cyclone Names (N.Hemisphere)



Hi Linda; Here's a transcription of a copy of a message which was
forwarded to Meteorology at the University of Hawaii.  It is not a
nws-change but it should be of interest to typhoon weather watchers of
North Pacific cyclones.  It was sent by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
(US Navy & US Air Force center) which forecasts tropical systems for US
interests in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.  This message announces a
change to their previous practice for applying names they select for the
tropical storm systems.  Since January 2000, they have stopped that and
so any names given NW Pacific Ocean storms will be by a WMO Warning
Agency using a list of names provided by Pacific nations.  

The message came along with the 1997 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (their
last one printed as a hardcopy publication) as well as the 1998 Annual
Cyclone Report (published as a CDROM disc).  The package also included a
second CDROM disc with their Annual Tropical Cyclone Reports for 1959 to
1997.  

Arnold Hori/UHawaii/Meteorology

The JTWC message follows:

``FM NAVPACMETOCCEN PERAL HARBOR HI//JTWC//
TO TYPHOON WARNING WESTPAC
BT
UNCLAS //N03145//
MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES//
RMKS/
1. EFFECTIVE 01 JANUARY 2000, THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER
(JTWC) WILL NO LONGER NAME TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE NORTH WEST
PACIFIC. THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE
DESIGNATION WIL BE TO USE A TROPICAL CYCLONE NUMBER AND BASIN LETTER
(E.G. TYPHOON 01W). ONLY AFTER THE REGIONAL SPECIALIZED METEOROLOGICAL
CENTER(RSMC), TOKYO, JAPAN NAMES A TROPICAL CYCLONE, WILL THE JTWC
INCLUDE THE NAME IN PARENTHESIS FOLLOWING THE TROPICAL CYCLONE
NUMBER AND BASIN LETTER (E.G. TYPHOON 01W (DAMREY)).  RSMC TOKYO IS
THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION SANCTIONED WARNING AGENCY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NORTH WESTER PACIFIC OCEAN INCLUDING THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA.
2. BELOW ARE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES THAT WILL BE USED BY THE RSMC,
TOKYO, EFFECTIVE 01 JANUARY 2000.
                I         II        III        IV        V
CONTRIBUTED BY  NAME      NAME      NAME       NAME      NAME
CAMBODIA        DAMREY    KONG-REY  NAKRI      KROVANH   SARIKA
CHINA           LONGWANG  YUTU      FENGSHEN   DUJUAN    HAIMA
DPR KOREA       KIROGI    TORAJI    KALMAEGI   MAEMI     MEARI
HK, CHINA       KAI-TAK   MAN-YI    FUNG-WONG  CHOI-WAN  MA-ON
JAPAN           TEMBIN    USAGI     KAMMURI    KOPPU     TOKAGE
LAU PDR         BOLAVEN   PABUK     PHANFONE   KETSANA   NOCK-TEN
MACAU           CHANCHU   WUTIP     VONGFONG   PAMRA     MUIFA
MALAYSIA        JELAWAT   SEPAT     RUSA       MELOR     MERBOK
MICRONESIA      EWINIAR   FITOW     SINLAKU    NEPARTAK  NANMADOL
PHILIPPINES     BILIS     DANAS     HAGUPIT    LUPIT     TALAS
RO KOREA        KAEMI     NARI      CHANGMI    SUDAL     NORU
THAILAND        PRAPIROON VIPA      MEGKHLA    NIDA      KULARB
U.S.A           MARIA     FRANCISCO HIGOS      OMAIS     ROKE
VIET NAM        SAOMAI    LEKIMA    BAVI       CONSON    SONCA
CAMBODIA        BOPHA     KROSA     MAYSAK     CHANTHU   NESAT
CHINA           WUKONG    HAIYAN    HAISHEN    DIANMU    HAITANG
DPR KOREA       SONAMU    PODUL     PONGSONA   MINDULLE  NALGAE
HK, CHINA       SHANSHAN  LINGLING  YANYAN     TINGTING  BANYAN
JAPAN           YAGI      KAJIKI    KUJIRA     KOMPASU   WASHI
LAO PDR         XANSANE   FAXAI     CHAN-HOM   NAMTHEUN  MATSA
MACAU           BEBINCA   VAMEI     LINFA      MALOU     SANVU
MALAYSIA        RUMBIA    TAPAH     NANGKA     MERANTI   MAWAR
MICRONESIA      SOULIK    MITAG     SOUDELOR   RANANIM   GUCHOL
PHILIPPINES     CIMARON   HAGIBIS   IMBUDO     MALAKAS   TALIM
RO KOREA        CHEBI     NOGURI    KONI       MEGI      NABI
THAILAND        DURIAN    RAMASOON  HANUMAN    CHABA     KHANUN
U.S.A.          UTOR      CHATAAN   ETAU       KODO      VICENTE
VIET NAM        TRAMI     HALONG    VAMCO      SONGDA    SAOLA
3. NAMES WILL BE ASSIGNED IN ROTATION, STARTING WITH COLUMN 1
(DAMREY) FOR THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE OF 2000. WHEN THE LAST NAME
IN COLUMN 5 (SAOLA) HAS BEEN USED, THE SEQUENCE WILL BEGIN AGAIN WITH
THE FIRST NAME IN COLUMN 1 (DAMREY)
4. JTWC POC IS LCDR MARGE NORDMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR...''