hur·ri·cane (hûr-kn, hr-)
n.
1. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains.
ty·phoon (t-fn)
n.
A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
Typhoons form in the Western Pacific, Hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific – two names, same kind of storm.
Each major “theatre” where these storms originate has its own list of names.
A storm that crosses the Date Line keeps its designation and name. A storm that crosses the dateline, weakens to “depression” status, and then re-strengthens is given a new designation and name.
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Thanks… didn’t know they included eastern Pacific… then Hurricane is the Americas, Typhon is Asia I guess.
I thought storms originating in the Atlantic were called hurricanes, those in the Pacific were typoons or something. Am I mistaken?
Hope this helps:
hur·ri·cane (hûr-kn, hr-)
n.
1. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains.
ty·phoon (t-fn)
n.
A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
You’re right…Typhoons are in the pacific and hurricanes are in the atlantic (carribean, etc…).
Typhoons form in the Western Pacific, Hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific – two names, same kind of storm.
Each major “theatre” where these storms originate has its own list of names.
A storm that crosses the Date Line keeps its designation and name. A storm that crosses the dateline, weakens to “depression” status, and then re-strengthens is given a new designation and name.
This page has all the good info on storm names:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
Thank you for the additional information Ratemaker.