Timeline of Meteorology - 21st Century

21st Century

• 2001 - National Weather Service begins to produce a Unified Surface Analysis, ending duplication of effort at the Tropical Prediction Center, Ocean Prediction Center, Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, as well as the National Weather Service offices in Anchorage, AK and Honolulu, HI.
• 2003 - NOAA hurricane experts issue first experimental Eastern Pacific Hurricane Outlook.
• 2004 - A record number of hurricanes strike Florida in one year, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
• 2005 - A record 27 named storms occur in the Atlantic. National Hurricane Center runs out of names from its standard list and uses Greek alphabet for the first time.
• 2007 - The Fujita scale is replaced with the Enhanced Fujita Scale for National Weather Service tornado assessments.