is there any hurricane or storm named Raul?
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No, doesn't look like it.
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Tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)\n\nThe Cuba weather is mild subtropical, thanks to its proximity to the Tropic of Cancer, its narrow configuration, east to west oriented receives the refreshing action of tradewinds and marine breezes. During the short winter are influences of cold air masses coming from the North, but they are of short duration. The average temperature throughout the year oscillates between the 20 and 35ºC, lowering sometimes to 10°C. The Eastern region enjoys a warmer weather than the western and the variations of temperature between the day and the night are less accentuated in the coastal regions that in inland. Those that enjoy the beach will be glad to know that the average water temperature surpasses 25°C.\n\nBy its geographic situation, the country is affected between June 1st and 30th November by the cyclone season. They can affect the island in hurricane form with winds that goes up to 200 km/h and heavy storms. This cyclone stage agrees approximately with the rainy season (May to October), in front of the dry one (November to April).\n\nThe experience of a cyclone emergency is a moving but non dangerous fact; all the hotels have modern structure or are rehabilitated and protected to receive the phenomenon. Around all the streets are circulating vehicles with megaphones giving instructions to the population and is requested only to leave the houses in case of extreme need. In the buildings, the person in charge places instructions in the lobby for the guests and the windows as the doors are protected. For the non Caribbean visitors it is a new experience; the television, that exceptionally emits by the morning, initiates to first hours its emissions with weather parts.
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Hurricanes, Blizzards, Monsoons, and Tsunamis
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The storms comparable to hurricanes that originate in the Pacific ocean are called typhoons.  \n\nI am sorry to say that it looks like Japan might have another very severe typhoon season this year.  In one very recent year they had far more than normal.\n\nOn rare occasions hurricanes can cross from the Carribean into the Pacific and regain strength becoming typhoons and vice versa.\n\nI believe they are called typhoons also when they hit China and the Philippines.\n\nFor Australia and India they are called cyclones, and that is also the generic name for all three.\n\nTyphoons can be the most spectacularly strong of all cyclones, and certainly hold the record for size.  Not difficult to understand when you consider the size of the Pacific Ocean and the fact that it is subject to heating as are the Atlantic and the Carribean, Gulf of Mexico.\n\nYou can monitor the potential for these by using the AVISO urls (sea level anomalies) found at my weather blog:\n\nhttp://360.yahoo.com/ki_te_moana\n\nThere is comprehensive weather info there if you take the time to delve into the blog and the Blog Roll.
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From a meteorological standpoint:\n\ncyclone- A broad word used for any system in which a large volume of air rotates about an area of low pressure. In the Northern Hemisphere, cyclones (usually) rotate counter-clockwise, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Most the storms below are examples of types of cyclones.\n\nhurricane/typhoon- these are actually, from a weather standpoint identical storms. They are called hurricanes in the North Atlantic and in the Pacific east of the International Dateline. They are called typhoons in the west Pacific. They are also called something else in other basins. What makes a hurricane a hurricane isn't just winds greater than 74 miles an hour, what makes it a hurricane is that it is a cyclone which develops over water and receives its energy from the heat of condensation. \n\ntornado- a rotating column of air spinning around a vortex both in contact with the surface and a cloud base.A tornado is a violent type of cyclone usually associated with other cyclones, fronts, or thunderstorms. In the US, the worst tornadoes are associated with mesocyclones (large rotating storms). Florida gets a lot of tornadoes due to the "pop-up" thunderstorms it gets in the summer. Tornadoes often occur associated with hurricanes (The instability in the air causes a lot of rotation in the air which cause tornadoes to form. If it doesn't touch the ground it is called a funnel cloud and technically, isn't a tornado.\n\ntwister- Simply a common word for tornado. I suppose some could say it is a word for the "classic" tornado shape- very thin cylinder. Not a scientific term.\n\nWhirlwind- Also called a dust devil, is like a small tornado, but usually without the usual trappings one would find associated with a tornado. With air, you can often get small pockets of low pressure which will simulate what happens in larger storms, but on a smaller scale. In deserts as the wind blows, you often get pockets of air which form these "mini" tornadoes which usually do no damage. You can even get similiar whirlwinds in downtown areas as the tall buildings change the natural flow of air, causing "mini-vacuums".\n\nMonsoon- Is a periodic, predictable wind, usually accompanied by storms/heavy rain. Usually found in areas with very well defined wet/dry seasons.\n\nA windstorm is a storm with very heavy winds but with little or no precipitation.
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somewhere out there! lol\nin a place where there's a typhoon or storm!
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its a giant storm  like a hurricane thats been going on for a logn time bout size of earth i think
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There is no difference. A hurricane is just called different things in different parts of the world.
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Hurricanes, oil rigs, swamps, boudan, Crawfish, Mardi Gras, and Jazz
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The stroms are named in alphabetical order in the sense that the first named system will have an "A" name, the second "B", etc.  As far as the names used they are picked pretty much arbitrarily by the people at NOAA.  In certain instances, names of storms that were very severe or catastrophic will be taken out of the pool.  So, there will never be another Cecil or Donna or Hugo or Katrina or Andrew.
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yes. last time was 70 or so years ago and the hurrican hit rhode island. according to the weather channel another onefor new ork is due soon. hurricanes come appr. every 70 years or so to newyork.
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There is a universal list in place that contains 21 names that are reused every six to seven years. Hurricanes that cause a lot of devastation are usually retired and replaced with another name from the corresponding location in the alphabet.\n\nThe link below provides a complete list of hurricane names for the entire world, and you can read more about how the hurricanes got their names. It's a pretty interesting read.
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Both Hurricanes and Typhoons are tropical cyclones, though Hurricanes are Atlantic Ocean events while Typhoons are found in the Pacific.
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No.. they start out as female and when exhausted they turn to male names..\n\nHurricane Andrew..\n\n\nNaming schemes\nFurther information: List of notable tropical cyclones \nThe WMO's Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee selects the names for Atlantic Basin and central and eastern Pacific storms.\n\nIn the Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific regions, feminine and masculine names are assigned alternately in alphabetic order during a given season. The "gender" of the season's first storm also alternates year to year: the first storm of an odd-numbered year gets feminine name, while the first storm of an even-numbered year gets a masculine name. Six lists of names are prepared in advance, and each list is used once every six years. Five letters — "Q," "U," "X," "Y" and "Z" — are omitted in the Atlantic; only "Q" and "U" are omitted in the Eastern Pacific, so the format accommodates 21 or 24 named storms in a hurricane season. Names of storms may be retired by request of affected countries if they have caused extensive damage. The affected countries then decide on a replacement name of the same gender, and if possible, the same ethnicity, as the name being retired.\n\nIf there are more than 21 named storms in an Atlantic season or 24 named storms in an Eastern Pacific season, the rest are named as letters from the Greek alphabet: the twenty-second storm is called "Alpha," the twenty-third "Beta," and so on. This was first necessary during the 2005 season when the list was exhausted. There is no precedent for a storm named with a Greek Letter causing enough damage to justify retirement; how this situation would be handled is unknown.\n\nIn the Central North Pacific region, the name lists are maintained by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Four lists of Hawaiian names are selected and used in sequential order without regard to year.\n\nIn the Western North Pacific, name lists are maintained by the WMO Typhoon Committee. Five lists of names are used, with each of the 14 nations on the Typhoon Committee submitting two names to each list. Names are used in the order of the countries' English names, sequentially without regard to year. Since 1981, the numbering system had been the primary system to identify tropical cyclone among Typhoon Committee members and it is still in use. International numbers are assigned by Japan Meteorological Agency on the order that a tropical storm forms while different internal numbers may be assigned by different NMCs. The Typhoon "Songda" in September 2004 was internally called the typhoon number 18 in Japan but typhoon number 19 in China. Internationally, it is recorded as the TY Sonda (0418) with "04" taken from the year.\n\nThe Australian Bureau of Meteorology maintains three lists of names, one for each of the Western, Northern and Eastern Australian regions. There are also Fiji region and Papua New Guinea region names.\n\nThe Seychelles Meteorological Service maintains a list for the Southwest Indian Ocean. There, a new list is used each year.\n\n[edit]\nRenaming of tropical cyclones\nIn most cases, a tropical cyclone retains its name throughout its life. However, a tropical cyclone may be renamed in several occasions.\n\nA tropical storm enters the southwestern Indian Ocean from the east \nIn the southwestern Indian Ocean, Metéo France in Réunion names a tropical storm once it crosses 90°E from the east, even though it has been named. In this case, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) will put two names together with a hyphen. Examples include Cyclone Adeline-Juliet in early 2005 and Cyclone Bertie-Alvin in late 2005. \nA tropical storm crosses from the Atlantic into the Pacific, or vice versa, before 2001 \nIt was the policy of National Hurricane Center (NHC) to rename a tropical storm which crossed from Atlantic into Pacific,
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In meteorology, a tropical storm is a storm system with a closed circulation around a center of low pressure, fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and condenses. The name underscores their origin in the tropics and their cyclonic nature. They are distinguished from other cyclonic storms such as nor'easters and polar lows by the heat mechanism that fuels them, which makes them "warm core" storm systems.
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The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. Of the storms that made landfall, five of the seven major hurricanes—Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—were responsible for most of the destruction. Other USA hurricanes that hit land are:\nCindy, Dennis, Emily and Ophelia, \n\nMore names are here:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season
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Texas Tornados > Que Paso (hey Baby)