Maka is the 7th name on Central Pacific list 3. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses its four Hawaiian lists one name after another, across years, so no name has a set year. The next name up is Olana, and Maka comes 22 names after it. It is the only storm named Maka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Maka is on Central Pacific list 3, and it is not on NHC’s list of retired central and eastern Pacific names (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
When the rotation reaches it. Central Pacific names are used one after the other, and after the last name of list 4 the rotation goes back to list 1 (Tropical Cyclone Names). The next name up is Olana; Maka comes 22 names after it.
Maka formed in the Central Pacific in August 2009 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Tropical Storm Maka (2009): track and historyMaka is name 7 of 12 on Central Pacific list 3. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center names storms that reach tropical-storm strength between 140°W and the International Date Line, taking the next name in the rotation, so a Hawaiian name belongs to whichever storm comes along when its turn arrives.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Maka in 2009, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 8, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 10 days. It did not make landfall. Maka is name 7 on Central Pacific list 3. It is the only storm named Maka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.