[StBernard] Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

[Westley Annis]

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml> 
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:07:24 -0500

 
 000
 ABNT20 KNHC 010507
 TWOAT 
 TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 200 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2010
 
 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
 
 TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
 TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON...WHICH
 WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 30.  LONG-TERM AVERAGES FOR THE NUMBER OF
 NAMED STORMS...HURRICANES...AND MAJOR HURRICANES ARE 11...6...AND
 2...RESPECTIVELY.
 
 THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2010 IS AS FOLLOWS:
 
 NAME           PRONUNCIATION    NAME            PRONUNCIATION
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 ALEX                            LISA            LEE- SA
 BONNIE                          MATTHEW
 COLIN                           NICOLE          NI COLE-
 DANIELLE       DAN YELL-        OTTO 
 EARL                            PAULA
 FIONA                           RICHARD         RICH- ERD
 GASTON                          SHARY           SHA- REE
 HERMINE        HER MEEN-        TOMAS           TO MAS-
 IGOR           E GOR-           VIRGINIE        VIR JIN- EE
 JULIA                           WALTER
 KARL
 
 THIS PRODUCT...THE TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK...BRIEFLY DESCRIBES
 SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF DISTURBED WEATHER AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR
 TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  THE ISSUANCE
 TIMES OF THIS PRODUCT ARE 2 AM...8 AM...2 PM...AND 8 PM EDT.  AFTER
 THE CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME IN NOVEMBER...THE ISSUANCE TIMES ARE 1
 AM...7 AM...1 PM...AND 7 PM EST.
 
 PRIOR TO 2009...THE SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT COULD BE
 ISSUED AT ANY TIME TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES IN BETWEEN
 ISSUANCES OF THE TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK.  THE SPECIAL TROPICAL
 DISTURBANCE STATEMENT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AND WILL NO LONGER BE
 ISSUED.  INSTEAD...A SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE
 ISSUED TO PROVIDE UPDATES...AS NECESSARY...IN BETWEEN THE REGULARLY
 SCHEDULED ISSUANCES OF THE TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK.  SPECIAL
 TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOKS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE SAME WMO AND
 AWIPS HEADERS AS THE REGULAR TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOKS.
 
 A STANDARD PACKAGE OF PRODUCTS...CONSISTING OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE
 PUBLIC ADVISORY...THE FORECAST/ADVISORY...THE CYCLONE DISCUSSION...
 AND A WIND SPEED PROBABILITY PRODUCT...IS ISSUED EVERY SIX HOURS
 FOR ALL ONGOING TROPICAL CYCLONES.  IN ADDITION...A SPECIAL
 ADVISORY PACKAGE MAY BE ISSUED AT ANY TIME TO ADVISE OF SIGNIFICANT
 UNEXPECTED CHANGES OR TO MODIFY WATCHES OR WARNINGS.
 
 THE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE IS A BRIEF STATEMENT TO INFORM OF
 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN A TROPICAL CYCLONE OR TO POST OR CANCEL
 WATCHES OR WARNINGS.  IT IS USED IN LIEU OF OR TO PRECEDE THE
 ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL ADVISORY PACKAGE.  TROPICAL CYCLONE
 UPDATES...WHICH CAN BE ISSUED AT ANY TIME...CAN BE FOUND UNDER WMO
 HEADER WTNT61-65 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCUAT1-5.
 
 ALL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS ARE
 AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV
 
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 FORECASTER BRENNAN