Its in the pacific and it if you look it's path its been in the pacific since it was a depression.

 

its Cat 3.

 

no, I mean why isn't it a "typhoon"

 

atlantic.

 

what?

 

:doh:

i was looking at ernesto's map.

i guess left 1/2 of pacific = typhoon, right 1/2 = hurricane :hsdunno:

 

hurricane is a classification on the stats of the storm, not where it's located.

 

pacific = typhoon
Atlantic = hurricane


clarification.. eatern pacific = hurricane while werstern pacific = typhoon.

 

west of a certain longitude they are typhoons (and north of the equator). sometimes you can actually get a storm that changes names as it crosses that boundary. south of the equator, they're called cyclones. john is still on the side where they're called hurricanes.

 

"Are you ready for the...WOOOOOOO!...Hurricane!?"