Posted 2-10-2000   
  The Joint Typhoon Warning Center which forecasts tropical systems for US
  interests in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, has announced a
  change to their previous practice for applying names for the
  tropical storm systems.  Since January 2000, they have stopped the naming.  
  Now any names given NW Pacific Ocean storms will be by a WMO Warning
  Agency using a list of names provided by Pacific nations.
  
  
  The JTWC message follows:
  
  ``FM NAVPACMETOCCEN PERAL HARBOR HI//JTWC//
  TO TYPHOON WARNING WESTPAC
  BT
  UNCLAS //N03145//
  MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
  SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES//
  RMKS/
  1. EFFECTIVE 01 JANUARY 2000, THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER
  (JTWC) WILL NO LONGER NAME TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE NORTH WEST
  PACIFIC. THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE
  DESIGNATION WIL BE TO USE A TROPICAL CYCLONE NUMBER AND BASIN LETTER
  (E.G. TYPHOON 01W). ONLY AFTER THE REGIONAL SPECIALIZED METEOROLOGICAL
  CENTER(RSMC), TOKYO, JAPAN NAMES A TROPICAL CYCLONE, WILL THE JTWC
  INCLUDE THE NAME IN PARENTHESIS FOLLOWING THE TROPICAL CYCLONE
  NUMBER AND BASIN LETTER (E.G. TYPHOON 01W (DAMREY)).  RSMC TOKYO IS
  THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION SANCTIONED WARNING AGENCY
  RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NORTH WESTER PACIFIC OCEAN INCLUDING THE SOUTH
  CHINA SEA.
  2. BELOW ARE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES THAT WILL BE USED BY THE RSMC,
  TOKYO, EFFECTIVE 01 JANUARY 2000.
                   I         II        III        IV        V
  CONTRIBUTED BY  NAME      NAME      NAME       NAME      NAME
  CAMBODIA        DAMREY    KONG-REY  NAKRI      KROVANH   SARIKA
  CHINA           LONGWANG  YUTU      FENGSHEN   DUJUAN    HAIMA
  DPR KOREA       KIROGI    TORAJI    KALMAEGI   MAEMI     MEARI
  HK, CHINA       KAI-TAK   MAN-YI    FUNG-WONG  CHOI-WAN  MA-ON
  JAPAN           TEMBIN    USAGI     KAMMURI    KOPPU     TOKAGE
  LAU PDR         BOLAVEN   PABUK     PHANFONE   KETSANA   NOCK-TEN
  MACAU           CHANCHU   WUTIP     VONGFONG   PAMRA     MUIFA
  MALAYSIA        JELAWAT   SEPAT     RUSA       MELOR     MERBOK
  MICRONESIA      EWINIAR   FITOW     SINLAKU    NEPARTAK  NANMADOL
  PHILIPPINES     BILIS     DANAS     HAGUPIT    LUPIT     TALAS
  RO KOREA        KAEMI     NARI      CHANGMI    SUDAL     NORU
  THAILAND        PRAPIROON VIPA      MEGKHLA    NIDA      KULARB
  U.S.A           MARIA     FRANCISCO HIGOS      OMAIS     ROKE
  VIET NAM        SAOMAI    LEKIMA    BAVI       CONSON    SONCA
  CAMBODIA        BOPHA     KROSA     MAYSAK     CHANTHU   NESAT
  CHINA           WUKONG    HAIYAN    HAISHEN    DIANMU    HAITANG
  DPR KOREA       SONAMU    PODUL     PONGSONA   MINDULLE  NALGAE
  HK, CHINA       SHANSHAN  LINGLING  YANYAN     TINGTING  BANYAN
  JAPAN           YAGI      KAJIKI    KUJIRA     KOMPASU   WASHI
  LAO PDR         XANSANE   FAXAI     CHAN-HOM   NAMTHEUN  MATSA
  MACAU           BEBINCA   VAMEI     LINFA      MALOU     SANVU
  MALAYSIA        RUMBIA    TAPAH     NANGKA     MERANTI   MAWAR
  MICRONESIA      SOULIK    MITAG     SOUDELOR   RANANIM   GUCHOL
  PHILIPPINES     CIMARON   HAGIBIS   IMBUDO     MALAKAS   TALIM
  RO KOREA        CHEBI     NOGURI    KONI       MEGI      NABI
  THAILAND        DURIAN    RAMASOON  HANUMAN    CHABA     KHANUN
  U.S.A.          UTOR      CHATAAN   ETAU       KODO      VICENTE
  VIET NAM        TRAMI     HALONG    VAMCO      SONGDA    SAOLA
  3. NAMES WILL BE ASSIGNED IN ROTATION, STARTING WITH COLUMN 1
  (DAMREY) FOR THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE OF 2000. WHEN THE LAST NAME
  IN COLUMN 5 (SAOLA) HAS BEEN USED, THE SEQUENCE WILL BEGIN AGAIN WITH
  THE FIRST NAME IN COLUMN 1 (DAMREY)
  4. JTWC POC IS LCDR MARGE NORDMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR...''