000 ABPZ20 KNHC 151116 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days. && Today marks the first day of the eastern North Pacific hurricane season, which will run until November 30. Long-term averages for the number of named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes are 15, 8, and 4, respectively. The list of names for 2026 is as follows: Name Pronunciation Name Pronunciation ------------------------------------------------------------- Amanda uh-MAN-duh Marie muh-REE Boris bor-EES Norbert NOR-bert Cristina kris-TEE-nuh Odalys oh-DAL-ess Douglas DUG-luss Polo POH-loh Elida ELL-ee-dah Rachel RAY-chull Fausto FOW-sto Simon SY-muhn Genevieve jeh-nuh-VEEV Trudy TROO-dee Hernan her-NAHN Vance vanss Iselle ee-SELL Winnie WIN-ee Julio HOO-lee-o Xavier ZAY-vee-ur Karina kuh-REE-nuh Yolanda yo-LAHN-da Lowell LO-uhl Zeke zeek A full list of eastern North Pacific basin tropical cyclone names and pronunciations can be found at: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/aboutnames_pronounce_epac.pdf This product, the Tropical Weather Outlook, briefly describes significant areas of disturbed weather and their potential for tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days. The issuance times of this product are 5 AM, 11 AM, 5 PM, and 11 PM PDT. After the change to standard time in November, the issuance times are 4 AM, 10 AM, 4 PM, and 10 PM PST. 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 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. NHC has the option to issue advisories, watches, and warnings for disturbances that are not yet a tropical cyclone, but which pose the threat of bringing tropical storm or hurricane conditions to land areas within 72 hours. For these land-threatening "potential tropical cyclones", NHC will issue the full suite of advisory and watch/warning products. Potential tropical cyclones share the naming conventions currently in place for tropical depressions, being numbered from a single list (e.g., "One-E", "Two-E", "Three-E", etc.). The Tropical Cyclone Update is a brief statement to inform of significant changes in a tropical cyclone, to post or cancel watches or warnings, or to provide hourly position updates between intermediate advisories when the storm center is easily followed by radar. The Tropical Cyclone Update is also 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 NHC text and graphical products are available on the web at https://www.hurricanes.gov. More information on NHC text and graphical products can be found at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NHC_Product_Description.pdf. New and updated products for the 2026 season can be found at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/2026NHCNewProductsAndServices.pdf You can also interact with NHC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NWSNHC. Notifications are available via X when select NHC products are issued. Information about our east and central Pacific X feed (@NHC_Pacific) is available at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/socialmedia $$ Forecaster Pasch

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