Hurricane Danielle will be the name of the fourth tropical cyclone of the 2010 hurricane season. The storm will be named Tropical Storm Danielle when its maximum sustained winds reach 39 mph. The name will change to Hurricane Danielle when the maximum sustained winds reach 75 mph. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) designates names for tropical cyclones worldwide. http://www.wisegeek.com/how-are-hurricanes-named.htm The WMO uses six rotating lists of male and female names for the Atlantic basin. Because Danielle is on the 2010 list, the name will not be used again until 2016 unless the name is retired by the WMO in 2010. Names are retired for at least ten years when a hurricane is particularly deadly or damaging.

Government, commercial, and amateur forecasters have all predicted a very busy hurricane season in 2010. http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts//ref. The forecasts call for up to 21 named storms.<ref>http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/33013/bastardi-ups-hurricane-season.asp Thus, it is virtually certain that a storm named Danielle will form during the 2010 season. The named storms preceding Danielle will be Alex, Bonnie, and Colin. The named storm following Danielle will be Earl.

Danielle was one of the names chosen when the six rotating lists with male and female names were adopted in 1979. The first use of the name was for Tropical Storm Danielle in 1980. The name was also for hurricanes in 1998 and 2004, and for tropical storms in 1986 and 1992. All hurricane names from 1953 through 1978 were female, but the name Danielle was never used during that period.

Tropical Storm Danielle 1980

Tropical Storm Danielle of 1980 came off the western coast of Africa and continued westward across the Atlantic.http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1980-prelim/danielle/prelim01.gif On Sept. 2, the wave encountered bad weather over south Florida. The storm began to develop a circulation in the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 3. Just south of the coast of Louisiana coast, the system became a tropical depression on Sept. 4. On Sept. 5, Tropical Storm Danielle moved ashore near Galveston, TX. As it moved westward, Danielle weakened to a tropical depression on Sept. 6 and dissipated near the Rio Grande Valley on Sept. 7.http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1980/index.html Tropical Storm Danielle's peak winds were recorded at 40 knots and its lowest pressure was 1006 mb. The storm caused one death in Beaumont, TX. Although it caused no wind damage, the storm produced substantial rainfall and flooding in Texas.http://www.awesome80s.com/Awesome80s/Tech/Nature/Disasters/Hurricanes/1980.asp

Tropical Storm Danielle 1986

Tropical Storm Danielle in the 1986 hurricane season emerged as a disturbance moving off the African coast on Sept. 1. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1986-prelim/danielle/prelim01.gif It became a tropical depression on Sept. 8 and was given the name Tropical Storm Danielle later the same day. East of the Windward Islands on Sept. 8, the tropical storm reached its maximum sustained winds of 50 knots, and its minimum pressure was 1003 mb. The storm was never upgraded to hurricane status. Tropical Storm Danielle disappeared on Sept. 10 after moving through the eastern Caribbean Sea.http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1986/index.html Tropical Storm Danielle did not cause any deaths. Damages occurred in the Windward Islands, St. Vincent Island, and the Grenadine Islands. A Coast Guard ship ran aground in the Grenadines but the crew survived.

Tropical Storm Danielle 1992

In 1992, Tropical Storm Danielle formed in a weak surface trough off the coast of North Carolina on Aug. 22, when it became a tropical depression and a tropical storm later on the same day.http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1992-prelim/danielle/prelim01.gif Its maximum sustained winds were 55 knots and the minimum pressure was 1001. The storm moved ashore into Maryland on Aug. 25, passing through Delaware and dissipating over eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 26. The highest storm surge was reported at 5.4 feet above normal tide at Cape Hatteras, NC. One death occurred when a sailboat sunk east of New Jersey due to the high seas. There was significant beach erosion along the mid-Atlantic coast. Only minor property damage was reported.http://www.stormpulse.com/tropical-storm-danielle-1992<ref/>

Hurricane Danielle 1998

In 1998, Hurricane Danielle left the coast of Africa as a tropical wave on August 21 and finally merged with another extratropical system on Sept. 8.<ref>http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1998danielle.html Meanwhile, the storm journeyed northwest toward the U.S. coast, turned back to the to the northeast, tracked between the mid-Atlantic coast and Bermuda, and then travelled across the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, winding up north of Ireland. Danielle's maximum sustained winds were 97 knots and its minimum pressure was 960 mb. Hurricane Danielle did not cause any casualties. Coastal damage was experienced in western Great Britain.http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-danielle-1998

Hurricane Danielle 2004

Hurricane Danielle of 2004 came off the west coast of Africa as a tropical wave on August 12. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004danielle.shtml? Danielle was a well-organized storm that that benefitted from the warm Atlantic waters and low vertical shear. After becoming a tropical depression on August 14, Danielle quickly intensified to hurricane strength on August 15. At its maximum intensity of 95 knots, Hurricane Danielle was a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.http://www.moreweather.com/tropics/2004/Danielle/ After that, a southwesterly vertical shear weakened the hurricane considerably. Danielle became a tropical storm on August 18 and further weakened to a tropical depression on Aug. 20. The storm was just a remnant by August 21 and dissipated on Aug. 25 about 690 nautical miles west-southwest of the Azores. Hurricane Danielle, which did not make landfall, did not cause any reported damage or casualties.