Wene is the 12th name on Central Pacific list 2. 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 Wene comes 15 names after it. It is the only storm named Wene in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Wene is on Central Pacific list 2, 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; Wene comes 15 names after it.
Wene formed in the West Pacific in August 2000 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Wene (2000): track and historyWene is name 12 of 12 on Central Pacific list 2. 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 Wene in 2000, in the West Pacific. It formed on August 14, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 3 days. It did not make landfall. Wene is name 12 on Central Pacific list 2. It is the only storm named Wene in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.