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ABPZ20 KNHC 151116
TWOEP 

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

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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 2026 is as follows:

Name           Pronunciation    Name            Pronunciation
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Amanda         uh-MAN-duh       Marie           muh-REE
Boris          bor-EES          Norbert         NOR-bert 
Cristina       kris-TEE-nuh     Odalys          oh-DAL-ess
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         kuh-REE-nuh      Yolanda         yo-LAHN-da
Lowell         LO-uhl           Zeke            zeek

A full list of eastern North Pacific basin tropical cyclone names
and pronunciations can be found at:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/aboutnames_pronounce_epac.pdf

This product, the Tropical Weather Outlook, briefly describes
significant areas of disturbed weather and their potential for
tropical cyclone formation during the next seven 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 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.

NHC has the option to issue advisories, watches, and warnings for
disturbances that are not yet a tropical cyclone, but which pose
the threat of bringing tropical storm or hurricane conditions to
land areas within 72 hours.  For these land-threatening "potential
tropical cyclones", NHC will issue the full suite of advisory and
watch/warning products.  Potential tropical cyclones share the
naming conventions currently in place for tropical depressions,
being numbered from a single list (e.g., "One-E", "Two-E",
"Three-E", etc.). 

The Tropical Cyclone Update is a brief statement to inform of
significant changes in a tropical cyclone, to post or cancel
watches or warnings, or to provide hourly position updates between
intermediate advisories when the storm center is easily followed by
radar.  The Tropical Cyclone Update is also 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 NHC text and graphical products are available on the web at
https://www.hurricanes.gov.  

More information on NHC text and graphical products can be found at
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NHC_Product_Description.pdf.  

New and updated products for the 2026 season can be found at
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/2026NHCNewProductsAndServices.pdf

You can also interact with NHC on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/NWSNHC.  Notifications are available
via X when select NHC products are issued.  Information about our
east and central Pacific X feed (@NHC_Pacific) is available at
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/socialmedia

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Forecaster Pasch