2000 Hurricane Season Has Begun
07:00 PM EDT - 01 June 2000
Today is the first day of Hurricane Season. And we'll be watching throughout the season. There is nothing imminent that could form, and odds are we won't see anything this month. WESH Channel 2 is running a Hurricane Special tonight at 7, and Jim Williams will be having a live internet Hurricane broadcast tonight starting at 8PM.
Here is the text of the first Tropical Outlook for the 2000 season from the National Hurricane Center.
TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2000 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE OFFICIAL ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH. DURING THIS TIME...THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WILL ISSUE A TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK AT 530 AM...1130 AM...530 PM...AND 1030 PM EASTERN TIME. THE OUTLOOK WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF DISTURBED WEATHER AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT. IN AN AVERAGE SEASON...THERE ARE 10 NAMED TROPICAL STORMS OF WHICH SIX REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH. HISTORICALLY...MOST TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES OCCUR DURING AUGUST...SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. THE NAMES FOR THE TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES IN 2000 ARE... NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION ---- ------------- ---- ------------- ALBERTO AL-BAIR-TOE LESLIE BERYL BER-RIL MICHAEL MIKE-EL CHRIS NADINE NAY-DEEN DEBBY OSCAR ERNESTO ER-NES-TOE PATTY FLORENCE RAFAEL RA-FA-EL GORDON SANDY HELENE HE-LEEN TONY ISAAC EYE-ZAK VALERIE JOYCE WILLIAM KEITH ...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. NOTE...MINOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FORMAT OF THE FORECAST/ADVISORY PRODUCTS UNDER HEADERS WTNT21-25 KNHC AND AWIPS ID MIATCMAT1-5. THESE CHANGES ARE DESCRIBED IN...PUBLIC SERVICE STATEMENT SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-55. THE CHANGES AND A SAMPLE OF THE NEW FORMAT CAN BE EXAMINED AT THE FOLLOWING TWO INTERNET WEB SITES... WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM AND WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV FORECASTER LAWRENCE
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