Animal names for hurricanes?

[dhweather]

Why not try it for a year?

Aardvark
Beaver
Chicken
Dog
Eagle
Fox
Goat
Horse
Iguana
Jaguar
Koala
Llama
Monkey

[Lindaloo]

Sshhhhh... Peta might hear you.

[feederband]

Sshhhhh... Peta might hear you.

Yea they would retire them humanely....

[dhweather]

It could be really fun!

The TWD could read something like:

TROPICAL STORM CHICKEN IS BEING ABSORBED BY MAJOR HURRICANE EAGLE OVER THE ATLANTIC. MEANWHILE, HURRICANE DOG APPEARS
TO BE CHASING ITS TAIL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

[HURAKAN]

It could be really fun!

The TWD could read something like:

TROPICAL STORM CHICKEN IS BEING ABSORBED BY MAJOR HURRICANE EAGLE OVER THE ATLANTIC. MEANWHILE, HURRICANE DOG APPEARS
TO BE CHASING ITS TAIL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

That would be so funny!

[tomboudreau]

Or hurricane dog is chasing tropical storm cat up the east coast

[Anonymous]

This is a funny post and nothing serious...

BULLETIN
HURRICANE IGUANA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 46A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT WED SEPT 15 2002

...IGUANA REMAINS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...
...FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION NOW...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS
TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FREEPORT TO HIGH
ISLAND TEXAS...AND FROM EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IGUANA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST OR ABOUT 235 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 220 SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MARSH ISLAND ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST.

IGUANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION WOULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA ON THURSDAY.

REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA RESEARCH HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 150 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MEANS THAT IGUANA IS STILL AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ALTHOUGH FLUCUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE, IGUANA IS EXPECTED TO BE ATLEAST A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES...295 KM. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INLAND UP TO 150 MILES NEAR THE TRACK OF THE CENTER OF IGUANA.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 933 MB...27.55 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF IGUANA. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE DANGEROUS FLOODING. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...26.6 N... 90.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...150 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 933 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON IGUANA WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM CDT.

FORECASTER VET

[HurricaneJoe22]

Jaguar would be a fast-moving storm I suppose

[hurricanefreak1988]

Dog and Fox actually were names back in the early 50s.

[HurricaneJoe22]

and I guess Eagle would be a naked swirl type of storm....you know, like a bald eagle

[bevgo]

[HURAKAN]

[hurricanefreak1988]

Since I'm feeling creative, I'll finish out that list...

Newt
Owl
Panther
Raccoon
Snake
Tiger
Vulture
Walrus

[HURAKAN]

I like the Panther, now I'm officially a Golden Panther since I started F.I.U!!!!!

[jimvb]

A long time ago, back in the 1980s, I actually named ordinary low pressure systems after animals, calling them Ant, Bear, Cat, ..., and including Xanthusma and Quagga. Then I named them after musical instruments, as Autoharp, Bassoon, Clarinet, and so forth. I named them after dogs (Airedale, Beagle, ...), cars (Auto, Bus, Cab, Dune Buggy...), ships (Ark, Barge, ...), fish (Albacore, Barracuda, ...) and when I ran out of names, I added colors (White Ant, Red Bear, Orange Cat, ...).

I also named highs after birds, calling them Auk, Bobwhite, Cardinal, ... and including Quetzel and Xema, and then flowers (Azalea, Buttercup, ...), giants (Atlas, Brobdingnagian, Cyclops, ...), and materials (Acetate, Batik, Canvas, ...), and used colors with them too.

If a storm gave us too much rainy weather or threatened us with snow, I used malevolent names, such as Atrocity, Beelzebub, Calamity, ... After a while I thought this was too much work and so I abandoned it all around 1992. But I still use the malevolent names for snowstorms, with the latest being Yuk, which I changed to Yuck after the local newspaper called it that.

[HURAKAN]

Very creative jim, very creative!

[hurricanefreak1988]

I like the Panther, now I'm officially a Golden Panther since I started F.I.U!!!!!

Home of the NHC! But, I prefer to root for the more popular Panthers, the ones that won the 2003 NFC Championship.

[Radar]

General animal hurricanes names would be alright I guess: But I would hate it if they started naming Hurricanes after feroicious beasts: I think Ferocious beast names should be reserved for Cat 5 storms... A Cat 5 gets one of the following:

Jaws
Cujo
Godzilla
Leo the Lion
King Kong
etc...

[HurricaneJoe22]

And how about we call a storm that just won't die Jason....like from the Friday the 13th movies

[Radar]

What if we get two monster storms out there simutanously almost like they are doing battle with each other would it be:

Freddie vs Jason?


That brings up another topic for naming hurricanes.... Monster names

Freddie Kreuger
Jason
Frankenstein
Dracula
Chuckie
etc...