Hurricane Tracker - Atlantic Basin
The 2010 Atlantic Basin Hurricane season officially begins on June 1st and officially will end on November 30th. Latest estimates are for 11-16 named storms, 6-8 hurricanes and 3-5 major hurricanes. You can see the statistics and forecast track of the latest one below (use the right hand menu to customise):
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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.
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea | Arthur | Ana | Alex | Arlene | Alberto |
| Barry | Bertha | Bill | Bonnie | Bret | Beryl |
| Chantal | Cristobal | Claudette | Colin | Cindy | Chris |
| Dean | Dolly | Danny | Danielle | Don | Debby |
| Erin | Edouard | Erika | Earl | Emily | Ernesto |
| Felix | Fay | Fred | Frances | Franklin | Florence |
| Gabielle | Gustav | Grace | Gaston | Gert | Gordon |
| Humberto | Hanna | Henri | Hermine | Harvey | Helene |
| Ingrid | Ike | Ida | Igor | Irene | Isaac |
| Jerry | Josephine | Joaquin | Julia | Jose | Joyce |
| Karen | Kyle | Kate | Karl | Katia | Kirk |
| Lorenzo | Laura | Larry | Lisa | Lee | Leslie |
| Melissa | Marco | Mindy | Matthew | Maria | Michael |
| Noel | Nana | Nicholas | Nicole | Nate | Nadine |
| Olga | Omar | Odette | Otto | Ophelia | Oscar |
| Pablo | Paloma | Peter | Paula | Philippe | Patty |
| Rebekah | Rene | Rose | Richard | Rina | Rafael |
| Sebastien | Sally | Sam | Shary | Sean | Sandy |
| Tanya | Teddy | Teresa | Tomas | Tammy | Tony |
| Van | Vicky | Victor | Virginie | Vince | Valerie |
| Wendy | Wilfred | Wanda | Walter | Whitney | William |