The 2016 Pacific typhoon season is a weather event that encompasses the tropical cyclones that occurred in the Northwest Pacific (west of 180 degrees and north of the equator ) during the 2016 calendar year . Cyclones in this area are called typhoons , east of 180 ° longitude they are called hurricanes and are the subject of the Pacific hurricane seasons . Tropical cyclones in the South Pacific are called cyclones and are grouped together in the South Pacific Cyclone Seasons and the Australian Cyclone Seasons . Most typhoons form between May and November, hence the annual summary of seasons. However, they also occur regularly at all other times of the year, but less frequently.
Within the northwestern Pacific, there are two meteorological organizations that give names to storms. As a result, the same storm is often given two different names. The official designation by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is given to a tropical storm as soon as it reaches wind speeds of 35 knots (around 65 km / h) for 10 minutes at any point in the northwestern Pacific . The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), on the other hand, assigns names to tropical low pressure areas that develop within the national area of responsibility or move there; this area of responsibility is roughly defined between 115 ° and 135 ° east longitude and between 5 ° and 25 ° north latitude. PAGASA assigns a local name even if the system has already been named by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Tropical depressions that from the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center are observed, get a number with the suffix W .
Tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific are named by the responsible Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in Tokyo of the Japan Meteorological Agency . These are given a name as soon as they reach the strength of a tropical storm. The names come from the following list; this is used continuously, so there are no annually changing lists of names like in the eastern North Pacific or the Atlantic. The names were proposed by the 14 member states of the ESCAP / WMO Typhoon Committee . Each of these members has submitted ten names, which are sorted alphabetically according to the English spelling of these states. The next 30 names on the list are:
Nepartak
Lupite
Mirinae
Nida
Grannies
Conson
Chanthu
Dianmu
Mindulle
Lionrock
Kompasu
Namtheun
Malou
Meranti
Rai
Malacas
Megi
Chaba
Aere
Songda
Sarika
Haima
Meari
Ma-on
Tokage
Cams
Muifa (unused)
Merbok (unused)
Nanmadol (unused)
Talas (unused)
Philippines
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) uses its own naming scheme for tropical systems in its area of responsibility. PAGASA's lists of names are reused every four years. These names are given to systems that develop in PAGASA's area of responsibility between 115 ° and 135 ° east longitude and between 5 ° and 25 ° north latitude or migrate into this area. If the list of names proves to be insufficient, the names are taken from a replacement list. This is the same list that was used in the 2012 season, only Pablo was replaced by Pepito due to the large number of victims of the typhoon of the same name in 2012 in the south of the country:
Ambo
Butchoy
Carina
Dindo
Duck
Ferdie
Gener
Helen
Igme
Julian
Karen
Avalanche
Marce
Nina
Ofel (unused)
Pepito (unused)
Quinta (unused)
Rolly (unused)
Siony (unused)
Tonyo (unused)
Ulysses (unused)
Vicky (unused)
Warren (unused)
Yoyong (unused)
Zosimo (unused)
If the above 25 names are not sufficient, the names of the supplementary list are used one after the other:
