What is Lists of tropical cyclone names?
[[Tropical cyclone]]s and [[subtropical cyclone]]s are named by various [[warning centers]] to help communication between [[Weather forecast|forecasters]] and the public about forecasts, watches, and warnings. The names are intended to reduce [[confusion]] if there are storms in the same [[Tropical cyclone basins|basin]] at the same time. Generally once storms produce sustained [[Wind speed|wind speeds]] of more than {{convert|33|kn|km/h mph}}, names are given in order from the lists depending on which basin they start. Standards vary from basin to basin. Some [[Tropical depression|tropical depressions]] are named in the Western Pacific, while [[Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclones]] must have a significant amount of [[gale]]-force winds around the centre before they are named in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. Before this naming started tropical cyclones were named after places, objects, or [[Saints days|saints' feast days]] on which they happened. The first use of personal names for weather systems was by the [[Queensland]] Government [[Meteorologist]] [[Clement Wragge]], who named systems between 1887 and 1907. This system of naming weather systems stopped for several years after Wragge retired. It was revived in the latter part of [[World War II]] for the Western Pacific. Formal naming schemes and naming lists have been introduced and developed for the [[Pacific hurricane|Eastern, Central]], [[Typhoon|Western]] and [[South Pacific tropical cyclone|Southern Pacific]] basins, as well as the [[Australian region tropical cyclone|Australian region]], [[Atlantic Ocean]] and [[Indian Ocean]]. ==North Atlantic== [[File:Laura 2020-08-26 2300Z.png|thumb|180px|right|Hurricane Laura in August 2020]] Within the North Atlantic Ocean, tropical or subtropical cyclones are named by the [[National Hurricane Center]] when they are judged to have become a tropical storm with winds of at least 65&nbsp;km/h, (40&nbsp;mph). Six lists of names are used in alphabetical order, and maintained by the [[World Meteorological Organization]]