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000 ABPZ20 KNHC 160524 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2008 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2008 IS AS FOLLOWS: NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION ------------------------------------------------------------- ALMA AL- MAH MARIE BORIS NORBERT CRISTINA ODILE OH DEAL- DOUGLAS POLO ELIDA ELL- EE DAH RACHEL FAUSTO FOW- STO SIMON GENEVIEVE TRUDY HERNAN HER NAHN- VANCE ISELLE EE SELL- WINNIE JULIO HOO- LEE O XAVIER ZAY- VIER KARINA YOLANDA YO LAHN- DA LOWELL ZEKE 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. FOR 2008 THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF THIS PRODUCT HAVE BEEN CHANGED...TO 5 AM...11 AM...5 PM AND 11 PM PDT. AFTER THE CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME ON NOVEMBER 2...THE ISSUANCE TIMES WILL BE 4 AM...10 AM...4 PM...AND 10 PM PST. A SEPARATE PRODUCT...THE SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT...MAY BE ISSUED AT ANY TIME TO DESCRIBE STRONG...FORMATIVE WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE NOT YET REACHED TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS. THE SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT IS ISSUED UNDER THE WMO HEADER WOPZ41 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIADSAEP. A STANDARD PACKAGE OF PRODUCTS...CONSISTING OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE PUBLIC ADVISORY...THE FORECAST/ADVISORY...THE TROPICAL 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. PLEASE NOTE THAT BEGINNING IN 2008...PUBLIC ADVISORIES ARE NOW ISSUED WITH EVERY EAST PACIFIC ADVISORY PACKAGE. AN ADDITIONAL PRODUCT...WITH WHICH USERS MAY BE LESS FAMILIAR...IS THE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE. 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 WTPZ61-65 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCUEP1-5. ALL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN/ROBERTS

000 ABNT20 KNHC 010302 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... AS THE 2007 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON APPROACHES ITS CONCLUSION... TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL RESUME ON 1 JUNE 2008. SHOULD ANY SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES DEVELOP DURING THE OFF SEASON...SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENTS WOULD BE ISSUED...AS NEEDED. SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENTS CAN BE FOUND UNDER WMO HEADER WONT41 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIADSAAT. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN

The first cyclone of the season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Burma (Myanmar). At least 20,000 people were killed, and thousands more were missing as of May 9,2008.

A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems.

The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate.

A major spring storm system swept across the United States in mid-May 2008, causing tornadoes and flooding from the Great Plains to the East Coast.

Fires are common in southern Mexico and northern Central America during the February-May dry season. In early May 2008, scores of fires were burning across the Yucatan and Guatemala.

Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2, 2008, forcing thousands of residents from their homes. On May 6, the volcano's activity intensified, sending a plume 30 kilometers skyward.

More than 100 homes were damaged or destroyed by a wildfire in the southern part of Palm Bay, Florida, in mid-May 2008.

On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 struck China's Sichuan Province.

Typhoon Rammasun was an impressive Category 4 storm in the morning of May 11, 2008.

William Smith discovered that he could identify rock layers by the unique fossils they held. His discovery helped later generations of scientists to understand the history of life on Earth.

NASA's Terra satellite captured images of Burma (Myanmar) showing the devastation of flooding from Cyclone Nargis.

Scientists have discovered a new climate pattern, the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation which explains changes in the water important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. (Georgia Institute of Technology press release)

New calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice. (University of Colorado at Boulder press release)

Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely-tuned natural feedback system – a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed. (Carnegie Institution press release)

Some light in Earth's aurora glow is polarized – a state not thought possible for the aurora, according to new observations that may improve understanding of Earth's upper atmosphere, its magnetic field, and the energies of particles from the sun. (American Geophysical Union press release)

A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the southern hemisphere and even amplify Antarctic warming, according to scientists. (University of Colorado at Boulder press release)