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Do you know what cyclones are named after?
Posted on: 03/Dec/2016 1:16:15 PM
Every time a tropical or subtropical cyclone gets formed, the warning centers name them so as to ease communication among forecasters and general public. Naming the cyclone is intended to eradicate possible commotions in case of concurrent storms formed in the same basin. In general, once a storm starts producing sustained wind of speed over 65km per hour, the warning centers assign names in order from the list of predetermined names. These names are given based on the basin from which it originates. These standards however vary from one basin to the other.
Earlier, before the start of naming the cyclones based on above terms, they were given names based on places, objects or feast days of saints. It is the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge who should be given the credit for such system of naming. It was he who named systems between 1887 and 1907. Subsequently, this naming system turned obsolete following the retirement of Wragge.
Coming on to the cyclones formed within North Indian Ocean, the Indian meteorological department officials name them. The names given to cyclones formed in North Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones are Agni, Akash, Bijli, Jal, Lehar, Megh, Sagar, and Vayu.
The latest cyclone in India is the Nada cyclone. The meteorologists announced three days ago that the cyclone had formed above Bay of Bengal and that it will cross Cuddalore on 2nd December, but fortunately, it had passed off via Karaikkal at 05.00 am.
While this has faded away with incessant rain showers across Tamil Nadu, there is one more cyclone that is formed called the Vardha which is getting formed on Andhaman and Nicobar Islands. Along the Eastern Central of the Bay of Bengal, this cyclone is gaining strength and will move towards west-northwest.
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