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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008
 
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
 
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON RECENTLY
DOWNGRADED TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARTHUR...CENTERED INLAND OVER THE
SOUTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR THE BORDER OF MEXICO AND GUATEMALA. 


ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING 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 2008 ARE AS FOLLOWS:


ARTHUR                          
BUR- THA                 
CRISTOBAL                       
DOLLY                           
EH DWARD        
FAY                             
GUSTAV                          
HANNA                           
IKE                             
JO- ZE FEEN       
KYLE
LAURA
MARCO
NANA
OMAR
PA LOW MA
RE NAY
SALLY
TEDDY
VICKY
WILFRED

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 2 AM...8
AM...2 PM...AND 8 PM EDT.  AFTER THE CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME ON
NOVEMBER 2...THE ISSUANCE TIMES WILL BE 1 AM...7 AM...1 PM...AND
7 PM EST.

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.  

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.

AN ADDITIONAL PRODUCT...WITH WHICH USERS MAY BE LESS FAMILIAR...IS
THE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE.  THIS PRODUCT 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.   
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