Central Pacific Hurricane Center

The Central Pacific Hurricane Center (in short: CPHC ) of the National Weather Service (NWS ) of the United States is the responsibility of the World Meteorological Organization specific Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for the Observation and issuing warnings of tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific Ocean is. The institution is located on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Tasks

The CPHC replaced since the 1970 season, the Hurricane Warning Center. Since 1970, warnings and observations to the tropical storms are issued from there. It is informed by the forecast office in Honolulu when a storm forms or to expect the " Central Pacific region." This region is north of the equator between the 140 degrees west longitude to the dateline; so that the area of ​​responsibility covers 5 million square miles. The area of ​​responsibility for the Seewettervorhersage includes 11 million square miles on the Pacific north and south of the equator.

Naming

The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses traditionielle Hawaiian names for hurricanes. For the naming, there are four lists. Once the name of the first list is exhausted, the name of the second list will be used. In contrast to the names of the lists in the eastern Atlantic and Pacific, the list of the previous year continues with the next name in the year. If the fourth list is exhausted, the name of the first list will be re-elected.