http://www.nhc.noaa.gov Active tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific en-us http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gifs/xml_logo_nhc.gif http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ 95 45 NOAA logo Fri, 16 May 2008 03:23:35 GMT http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATWOEP+shtml/152343.shtml 000 ABPZ20 KNHC 152343 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2008 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2008 IS AS FOLLOWS: NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION ------------------------------------------------------------- ALMA AL- MAH MARIE BORIS NORBERT CRISTINA ODILE OH DEAL- DOUGLAS POLO ELIDA ELL- EE DAH RACHEL FAUSTO FOW- STO SIMON GENEVIEVE TRUDY HERNAN HER NAHN- VANCE ISELLE EE SELL- WINNIE JULIO HOO- LEE O XAVIER ZAY- VIER KARINA YOLANDA YO LAHN- DA LOWELL ZEKE 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. FOR 2008 THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF THIS PRODUCT HAVE BEEN CHANGED...TO 5 AM...11 AM...5 PM AND 11 PM PDT. AFTER THE CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME ON NOVEMBER 2...THE ISSUANCE TIMES WILL BE 4 AM...10 AM...4 PM...AND 10 PM PST. A SEPARATE PRODUCT...THE SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT...MAY BE ISSUED AT ANY TIME TO DESCRIBE STRONG...FORMATIVE WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE NOT YET REACHED TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS. THE SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT IS ISSUED UNDER THE WMO HEADER WOPZ41 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIADSAEP. A STANDARD PACKAGE OF PRODUCTS...CONSISTING OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE PUBLIC ADVISORY...THE FORECAST/ADVISORY...THE TROPICAL 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. PLEASE NOTE THAT BEGINNING IN 2008...PUBLIC ADVISORIES ARE NOW ISSUED WITH EVERY EAST PACIFIC ADVISORY PACKAGE. AN ADDITIONAL PRODUCT...WITH WHICH USERS MAY BE LESS FAMILIAR...IS THE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE. 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 WTPZ61-65 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCUEP1-5. ALL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN/ROBERTS