000 ABPZ20 KNHC 151741 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT WED MAY 15 2013 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS INITIATED ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON...WHICH WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 30. LONG-TERM AVERAGES FOR THE NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS...HURRICANES...AND MAJOR HURRICANES ARE 15...8...AND 4...RESPECTIVELY. THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2013 IS AS FOLLOWS: NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION ------------------------------------------------------------- ALVIN AL- VIN MANUEL MAHN WELL- BARBARA BAR- BRUH NARDA NAHR- DUH COSME COS- MAY OCTAVE AHK- TAYV DALILA DAH LY- LAH PRISCILLA PRIH SIH- LUH ERICK EHR- IK RAYMOND RAY- MUND FLOSSIE FLOSS- EE SONIA SOHN- YAH GIL GIL TICO TEE- KOH HENRIETTE HEN REE ETT- VELMA VELL- MUH IVO EYE VOH- WALLIS WAHL- LIS JULIETTE JEW LEE EHT- XINA ZEE- NAH KIKO KEE- KO YORK YORK LORENA LOW RAY- NA ZELDA ZEL- DAH 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 5 AM...11 AM...5 PM...AND 11 PM PDT. AFTER THE CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME IN NOVEMBER...THE ISSUANCE TIMES ARE 4 AM...10 AM...4 PM...AND 10 PM PST. 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. THE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE 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 WTPZ61-65 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCUEP1-5. ALL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV. NHC IS ALSO ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NOAA.NATIONALHURRICANECENTER.GOV. NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE VIA TWITTER WHEN SELECT NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER PRODUCTS ARE ISSUED. INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EAST PACIFIC TWITTER FEED IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/TWITTER.SHTML. && PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ31 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPEP1. FORECAST/ ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ21 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMEP1. $$ FORECASTER BERG