Start of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season Announcement
Hello to all..
Today, Saturday June 1st, 2013, marks the start of the 2013 Atlantic Season. The Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC, Communications Test was completed today and was very successful with over 50 contacts made on the *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system. Thanks to all stations that participated in the communications test over our network. The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will shift to weekly beginning with tonight’s net at 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/0000 UTC.
Also, on the National Hurricane Center web site, WD4R-Julio Ripoll, Assistant WX4NHC Coordinator was featured in the monthly National Hurricane Center Q&A web series. This can be seen at the following link:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/qa/201306_julio_ripoll.php
Now is the time to prepare for Hurricane Season. Even if a hurricane or tropical system does not affect your area, it will make you more prepared for future seasons. Also note that strong tropical storms and in particular strong and large tropical storms can pack as much power as some Category-1 hurricanes.
Below is the 800 AM National Hurricane Center Tropical Weather Outlook which lists information on the 2013 Hurricane Names as well as the products that the National Hurricane Center prior to and as storms form over the region:
690
ABNT20 KNHC 011131
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO…
DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. DEVELOPMENT…IF ANY…SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR
DUE TO UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS AND PROXIMITY TO LAND. THIS
Hello to all..
Today, Saturday June 1st, 2013, marks the start of the 2013 Atlantic Season. The Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC, Communications Test was completed today and was very successful with over 50 contacts made on the *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system. Thanks to all stations that participated in the communications test over our network. The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will shift to weekly beginning with tonight’s net at 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/0000 UTC.
Also, on the National Hurricane Center web site, WD4R-Julio Ripoll, Assistant WX4NHC Coordinator was featured in the monthly National Hurricane Center Q&A web series. This can be seen at the following link:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/qa/201306_julio_ripoll.php
Now is the time to prepare for Hurricane Season. Even if a hurricane or tropical system does not affect your area, it will make you more prepared for future seasons. Also note that strong tropical storms and in particular strong and large tropical storms can pack as much power as some Category-1 hurricanes.
Below is the 800 AM National Hurricane Center Tropical Weather Outlook which lists information on the 2013 Hurricane Names as well as the products that the National Hurricane Center prior to and as storms form over the region:
690
ABNT20 KNHC 011131
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO…
DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. DEVELOPMENT…IF ANY…SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR
DUE TO UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS AND PROXIMITY TO LAND. THIS
SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE…10 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A TROPICAL
CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
ELSEWHERE…TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
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 2013 IS AS FOLLOWS:
NAME PRONUNCIATION NAME PRONUNCIATION
————————————————————-
ANDREA AN- DREE UH LORENZO LOH REN- ZOH
BARRY BAIR- REE MELISSA MEH LIH- SUH
CHANTAL SHAHN TAHL- NESTOR NES- TOR
DORIAN DOR- EE AN OLGA OAL- GUH
ERIN AIR- RIN PABLO PAHB- LO
FERNAND FAIR NAHN- REBEKAH REH BEH- KUH
GABRIELLE GA BREE ELL- SEBASTIEN SUH BASH- CHUHN
HUMBERTO OOM BAIR- TOH TANYA TAHN- YUH
INGRID ING- GRID VAN VAN
JERRY JEHR- EE WENDY WEN- DEE
KAREN KAIR- REN
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 PM…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 CYCLONE DISCUSSION…
AND THE 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. THE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE CAN ALSO BE USED
IN LIEU OF OR TO PRECEDE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL ADVISORY
PACKAGE. THE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE IS ALSO ISSUED 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.
ALL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV. YOU CAN ALSO INTERACT
WITH US ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NOAA.NATIONALHURRICANECENTER.GOV. NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE VIA TWITTER WHEN SELECT NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
PRODUCTS ARE ISSUED. INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ATLANTIC TWITTER FEED IS
AVAILABLE AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/TWITTER.SHTML …IN ALL LOWER CASE.
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FORECASTER AVILA
Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net