000 ABPZ20 KNHC 151139 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2014 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE: TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. 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 2014 IS AS FOLLOWS: NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION ------------------------------------------------------------- AMANDA UH-MAN-DUH MARIE MUH-REE BORIS BOR-EES NORBERT NOR-BERT CRISTINA KRIS-TEE-NUH ODILE OH-DEAL DOUGLAS DUG-LUSS POLO POH-LOH ELIDA ELL-EE-DAH RACHEL RAY-CHULL FAUSTO FOW-STO SIMON SY-MUHN GENEVIEVE JEH-NUH-VEEV TRUDY TROO-DEE HERNAN HER-NAHN VANCE VANSS ISELLE EE-SELL WINNIE WIN-EE JULIO HOO-LEE-O XAVIER ZAY-VEE-UR KARINA KUR-REE-NUH YOLANDA YO-LAHN-DA LOWELL LO-UHL 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 FIVE DAYS. 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 TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOKS. 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 TROPICAL CYCLONE DISCUSSION, AND THE WIND SPEED PROBABILITIES, 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. THE 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 HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV. YOU CAN ALSO INTERACT WITH NHC ON FACEBOOK AT HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSNHC. NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON TWITTER WHEN SELECT NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER PRODUCTS ARE ISSUED. INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EAST PACIFIC TWITTER FEED IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/TWITTER.PHP. $$ FORECASTER BROWN