Talk:20,000 Atlantic hurricane season/@comment-108.199.42.183-20140601093158

Big news everybody!: "Today marks the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, which will run until November 30. Long-term averages for the number of named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes are 12, 6, and 3, respectively.

The list of names for 2014 is as follows:

Name          Pronunciation    Name            Pronunciation - Arthur        AR-thur          Laura           LOOR-ruh Bertha        BUR-thuh         Marco           MAR-koe Cristoabl     krees-TOH-bahl   Nana            NA-na Dolly         DAH-lee          Omar            OH-mar Edouard       eh-DWARD         Paulette        pawl-LET Fay           fay              Rene            re-NAY Gonzalo       gohn-SAH-loh     Sally           SAL-ee Hanna         HAN-uh           Teddy           TEHD-ee Isaias        ees-ah-EE-ahs    Vicky           VIH-kee Josephine     JOH-seh-feen     Wilfred         WILL-fred Kyle          KY-ull

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. The issuance times of this product are 2 AM, 8 AM, 2 AM, and 8 PM EDT. After the change to standard time in November, the issuance times are 1 AM, 7 AM, 1 PM, and 7 PM EST.

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 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 package. The Tropical Cyclone Update is also used to provide a continuous flow of information regarding the center location of a tropical cyclone when watches or warnings are in effect and the center can be easily tracked with land-based radar. 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." Excerpt from an NOAA Article.
 * The REAL WCE!