2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season is here!

[srainhoutx]

Let's hope it's a quiet one. Just had my first weekend off since Ike.

[HURAKAN]

601
ABNT20 KNHC 010540
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

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 ANNUAL AVERAGES OF TROPICAL
STORMS...HURRICANES...AND MAJOR HURRICANES IN THIS BASIN ARE 11...
6...AND 2...RESPECTIVELY.

THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2009 IS AS FOLLOWS:

NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION
--------------------------------------------------------------
ANA AH- NAH LARRY
BILL MINDY
CLAUDETTE CLAW DET- NICHOLAS NIK- O LAS
DANNY ODETTE O DET-
ERIKA ERR- REE KA PETER
FRED ROSE
GRACE SAM
HENRI AHN REE- TERESA TE REE- SA
IDA VICTOR VIC- TER
JOAQUIN WAH KEEN- WANDA
KATE

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. BEGINNING
THIS YEAR...THE OUTLOOK WILL ALSO CONTAIN CATEGORICAL PROBABILITIES
OF FORMATION...I.E. LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...MEDIUM...30 TO 50
PERCENT...OR HIGH...GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT FOR EACH DISTURBANCE
DESCRIBED. THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF THIS PRODUCT ARE 2 AM...8 AM...
2 PM...AND 8 PM EDT. AFTER THE CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME IN
NOVEMBER...THE ISSUANCE TIMES WILL BE 1 AM...7 AM...1 PM...AND 7 PM
EDT.

IN PREVIOUS YEARS...THE SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT COULD
BE ISSUED AT ANY TIME TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES IN
BETWEEN ISSUANCES OF THE TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK. THE SPECIAL
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AND WILL NO
LONGER BE ISSUED. INSTEAD...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 WTNT61-65 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCUAT1-5.

ALL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT http://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV

USERS WILL NOTICE A SLIGHT CHANGE TO REFERENCES TO THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE IN NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER PUBLIC
PRODUCTS THIS YEAR. EVEN THOUGH THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE CATEGORY
(1 TO 5) IS DETERMINED SOLELY BY THE HURRICANE'S MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WIND SPEED...THE SCALE TRADITIONALLY HAS ALSO INCLUDED STORM SURGE
RANGES AND FLOODING REFERENCES. ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS FOR THE
2009 HURRICANE SEASON...THESE STORM SURGE RANGES AND FLOODING
REFERENCES WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH CATEGORY.
WITH THIS MODIFICATION...THE SCALE HAS BEEN RENAMED THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO
THE WIND SPEED THRESHOLDS OF THE SCALE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS EXPERIMENTAL CHANGE AND ON HOW TO PROVIDE COMMENTS...PLEASE
SEE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/INFOSERVICECHANGES/SSHWS.PDF

$$
FORECASTER BROWN/FRANKLIN

[HURRICANELONNY]

HAPPY HURRICANE HUNTING

[Ed Mahmoud]

Claudette is back! I got to fly in an American Eagle prop-jet going to DFW to connect to a flight to BOS for my grandmother's funeral. (She was 99 years old, was laid near her mother who had immigrated from Galway, and died of cancer when Grandma was an infant, and her son, the uncle I never had, whom I'm named for, who died of cystic fibrosis, in the old cemetery in Marshfield, MA) through the outer-most rain showers as Claudette approached the coast farther South, and broke into complete sunshine about half way to Dallas.

The closest I'll ever come to a Hurricane Hunter mission.

[rainydaze]

HAPPY HURRICANE SEASON!!!

[HURAKAN]

The Atlantic looks dead. SEASON CANCELLED!!!

Stay safe everyone!

[HUC]

WAIT AND SEE..... AND BE READY!!!
That's all everyone have to do,and that's what i do at the begining of my 53 years now of chasing hurricanes in Guadeloupe §§§§§§.
I'am the oldest in this forum?????

[Chacor]

June 1 also marks the start of the Central Pacific season, of course.

ACPN50 PHFO 011355
TWOCP

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
400 AM HST MON JUN 1 2009

FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...BETWEEN 140W AND 180

NO TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OFFICIAL 2009 HURRICANE SEASON IN
THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC. THE TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK INDICATES
THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR CURRENT
TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. THIS OUTLOOK WILL ROUTINELY BE ISSUED FOUR
TIMES PER DAY...AT 400 AND 1000 AM...AND AT 400 AND 1000 PM...
HAWAII STANDARD TIME...FROM TODAY THROUGH THE END OF THE HURRICANE
SEASON ON NOVEMBER 30.

$$

HOUSTON/KINEL

[southerngale]

Here's to an exciting season of hurricane watching, where storms threaten from afar, to appease the adrenalin-loving folks, then turn and affect nobody. There's been so much destruction lately and some of us have had more than our fair share.

Have a safe hurricane season!

[Melissa]

Hi everyone! I can't believe it's already hurricane season again. Everyone stay safe and I'll see you here more often!

[PTrackerLA]

Here we go! May everyone have a safe hurricane season. Happy tracking to all!

[Jinkers]

Stay safe everyone, and happy tracking!

[jaxfladude]

I am going to be on vacation to the US west coast(Oregon) starting Thursday and will be returning on the 13th, so please no Tropical Troubles for my area while I am gone...

[Sihara]

Here's to an exciting season of hurricane watching, where storms threaten from afar, to appease the adrenalin-loving folks, then turn and affect nobody. There's been so much destruction lately and some of us have had more than our fair share.

Have a safe hurricane season!

Absolutely agree. The loss experienced by so many and shattered communities, it's heartbreaking. Hope everyone stays safe this Season.

[Cookie]

its not playing ball as yet the Atlantic.

[brunota2003]

I am going to be on vacation to the US west coast(Oregon) starting Thursday and will be returning on the 13th, so please no Tropical Troubles for my area while I am gone...

*knocks on wood for you* happy hurricane season!

[pojo]

Lets hope for a Busy (Fish) season and not a US coastline landfall.

Residents from Florida to Texas need a break.

Just remember those along the Mississippi coastline, if you see us fly all 10 planes out FAST, that's hint to get out.

[vbhoutex]

Lets hope for a Busy (Fish) season and not a US coastline landfall.

Residents from Florida to Texas need a break.

Just remember those along the Mississippi coastline, if you see us fly all 10 planes out FAST, that's hint to get out.

That would put a good fright into any sane person!!!!

[gone2beach]

Lets hope for a Busy (Fish) season and not a US coastline landfall.

Residents from Florida to Texas need a break.

Just remember those along the Mississippi coastline, if you see us fly all 10 planes out FAST, that's hint to get out.

That would put a good fright into any sane person!!!!

I see you go over all the time on your runs...I'll be counting!! Actually, I'll probably be gone BEFORE you...I hate traffic jams.

[desertrat75]

I didn't see this posted elsewhere and thought it was pretty cool. It's a time lapse of the entire 2008 huricane season from NASA-GOES. Links:
Quicktime: http://www.nasa.gov/mp4/363683main_2008_hurr_hilites_music_640x360.mp4
Windows Media (.wmv) http://www.nasa.gov/wmv/363686main_2008_hurr_hilites_music_640x360.wmv