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Thanks to Arnold Hori, University of Hawaii, for the following information!
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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...''
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