THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2009 IS AS FOLLOWS:
NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION
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Ana AH- NAH
Bill
Claudette CLAW DET-
Danny
Erika ERR- REE KA
Fred
Grace
Henri AHN REE-
Ida
Joaquin WAH KEEN-
Kate
TROPICAL STORM HURRICANE MAJOR HURRICANE (CATEGORY 3 OR HIGHER)
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas NIK- O LAS
Odette O DET-
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa TE REE- SA
Victor VIC- TER
Wanda
Courtesy of the National Hurricane Center a division of NOAA
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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE
BILL...LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
A SMALL AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE
HAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 525 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH AND
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...WILL BE SLOW TO OCCUR. THERE IS A
LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A
TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
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