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