000 ABPZ20 KNHC 151140 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 AM PDT TUE MAY 15 2012 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM ALETTA...LOCATED ABOUT 640 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 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...9...AND 4...RESPECTIVELY. THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2012 IS AS FOLLOWS: NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION ------------------------------------------------------------- ALETTA A LET- AH MIRIAM MEER- YIM BUD BUHD NORMAN NOR- MUHN CARLOTTA KAR LOT- UH OLIVIA UH LIV- EE UH DANIEL DAN- YUHL PAUL PALL EMILIA EE MILL- YA ROSA ROH- ZUH FABIO FAH- BEE O SERGIO SIR- GEE OH GILMA GIL- MAH TARA TAIR- UH HECTOR HEHK- TOR VICENTE VEE CEN- TAY ILEANA ILL AY AH- NAH WILLA WIH- LAH JOHN JAHN XAVIER ZAY- VEE UR KRISTY KRIS- TEE YOLANDA YO LAHN- DA LANE LAYNE ZEKE ZEEK 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. 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.HURRICANES.GOV. SIGN UP FOR PRODUCT UPDATES BY EMAIL AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/SIGNUP.SHTML...IN ALL LOWER CASE. YOU CAN ALSO INTERACT WITH NHC 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...IN ALL LOWER CASE. && PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM ALETTA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ31 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPEP1. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON ALETTA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ21 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMEP1. $$ FORECASTER BROWN