Tropical weather outlook
nws national hurricane center miami fl
500 am pdt sun may 15 2011

for the eastern north pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude..

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...8...and 4...respectively.

The list of names for 2011 is as follows:

Name pronunciation name pronunciation
---------------------------------------------------------------
adrian ay- dree uhn max maks
beatriz bee- a triz norma noor- muh
calvin kal- vin otis oh- tis
dora dor- ruh pilar pee lahr-
eugene you- jeen ramon rah mohn-
fernanda fer nan- dah selma sell- mah
greg greg todd tahd
hilary hih- luh ree veronica vur rahn- ih kuh
irwin ur- win wiley wy- lee
jova ho- vah xina zee- nah
kenneth keh- neth york york
lidia lih- dyah zelda zel- dah

this product...the tropical weather outlook...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. This product 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 products are available on the web at
National Hurricane Center

$$
forecaster cangialosi/brown