CRONDALL WEATHER

The 2009 Atlantic Basin Hurricane season official began on June 1st and officially will end on November 30th. Latest forecast is for there to be 14 storms and you can see the statistics and forecast track of the latest one below (use the right hand menu to customise):

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If you would like to see the Pacific Basin then use the top menu or click here.

For every year, there is a pre-approved list of names for tropical storms and hurricanes. These lists have been generated by the National Hurricane Center since 1953. At first, the lists consisted of only female names; however, since 1979, the lists alternate between male and female.

Hurricanes are named alphabetically from the list in chronological order. Thus the first tropical storm or hurricane of the year has a name that begins with "A" and the second is given the name that begins with "B." The lists contain names that begin from A to W, but exclude names that begin with a "Q" or "U."

There are six lists that continue to rotate. The lists only change when there is a hurricane that is so devastating, the name is retired and another name replaces it.