Hurricane season begins in EPAC: first TWO issued

[Chacor]

It's already May 15 UTC, and will be May 15 on the West Coast in under 5 hours. Start of the EPAC hurricane season. First TWO is due in 10 hours.

[ROCK]

I am so excited to see the EPAC get going though I dont see anything in the near future.

[somethingfunny]

[Chacor]

First TWO of the season

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ABPZ20 KNHC 151132
TWOEP

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
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV

$$
FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/BROWN

[Florida1118]

I think we should start our own Archive of TWO's...If anyone has used the NHC archive, well, its not very good and its tedious to go through. Any thoughts on this idea?

[Extratropical94]

I second that suggestion.
My thought would be to create a directory like the "Storm Archive"
with threads for each year...
That would be roughly 1500-1600 TWOs per year.

[Florida1118]

Well, I think we should start soon if it is wanted by our fellow Storm2kers...Also has anyone noticed the blob in the EPAC? It looks very interesting...

[Chacor]

I think we should start our own Archive of TWO's...If anyone has used the NHC archive, well, its not very good and its tedious to go through. Any thoughts on this idea?

Well, if you know how to use it, it's not that difficult.

Atlantic TWO archive, sorted by date issued
East Pacific TWO archive, sorted by date issued

[SouthFloridawx]

Very blobby in the EPAC.