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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

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 2015 is as follows:

Name           Pronunciation    Name            Pronunciation
-------------------------------------------------------------
Ana            AH-nah           Larry           LAIR-ree
Bill           bill             Mindy           MIN-dee
Claudette      klaw-DET         Nicholas        NIH-kuh-luss
Danny          DAN-ee           Odette          oh-DEHT
Erika          EHR-ih-kuh       Peter           PEE-tur
Fred           frehd            Rose            rohz
Grace          grayss           Sam             sam
Henri          ahn-REE          Teresa          tuh-REE-suh
Ida            EYE-duh          Victor          VIK-tur
Joaquin        wah-KEEN         Wanda           WAHN-duh
Kate           kayt

The Atlantic season got off to an early start this year, with
Tropical Storm Ana forming in May.  The next named storm that forms
this season will be Bill.

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.  It is also used to provide
hourly information in between public advisories when watches or
warnings are in effect and when the center of the tropical cyclone
can be reliably tracked by coastal 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.

All National Hurricane Center text and graphical products are
available on the web at http://www.hurricanes.gov.  Twitter
notifications on select National Hurricane Center products for the
Atlantic are available via the handle @NHC_Atlantic. Information
about our Atlantic Twitter feed is available at
www.hurricanes.gov/twitter.php.  You can also interact with NHC on
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NWSNHC.

$$
Forecaster Brennan