The name of the High - and low-pressure areas – therefore, they come
It all started in the 1940s, as the weather service of the United States began to equip typhoons in the Pacific with female names.
- In 1954, the meteorology student Karla routes had been awarded by the idea, in Germany also the name for the highs and lows to. This idea was taken up by the Institute for meteorology of the FU Berlin and since then, the storms have a name.
- Behind the naming of the storms is a System, of course. Each year starts with the letter A, and then is processed in the course of the year, one after another, the Alphabet. Once the letter Z has been assigned, the hazards with the A Fort.
- Originally, all of the lows were, in principle, with a female first name, while the highs have always had a male first name. This discriminatory has advanced and Bustle of 1997 is a tie.
- Since 1998, the highs in odd-numbered years, female first name and the lows male. In even-numbered years will be changed accordingly.
The storm over Germany (photo: pixabay)
Weather godfather give you a storm your name
The finances of the Institute for meteorology of the FU Berlin to improve a little, had at the beginning of the 21st century. Century several students a good idea: the weather sponsorship.
- Since 2002, you have the opportunity to take over the sponsorship for a storm, by weather godfather. That is, they give a High or a Low, depending on what you have in mind, a name. In the choice of the Name only in a registry office-approved names are allowed, however, and the Institute of meteorology reserves the right to enter a desired name to reject.
- As a weather sponsor for a high-pressure area, you need to be a little deeper in the pockets. A High will cost you around 300 euros and a Low of around 200 Euro. The VAT is yet to come.
- Alternatively you have the Option to purchase a name sponsorship on eBay, or to purchase a so-called risk-sponsorship with the Institute for meteorology of the FU Berlin.
A sponsorship for a storm is a great gift idea, but not quite inexpensive. In the next post we provide you some very beautiful and at the same time, free gift ideas in front.
