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Statement as of 11:00 am EDT on July 18, 2006 ...Second tropical depression of the season forms off the North Carolina coast... ...Tropical storm watch issued for eastern North Carolina... at 11 am EDT...1500 UTC...a tropical storm watch has been issued for the eastern coast of North Carolina from north of Cape Lookout northward to south of Currituck Beach Light.

000 ABNT20 KNHC 172108 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT MON JUL 17 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE AREA IN A FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER...ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO GRADUALLY ACQUIRE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...AND A POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE...

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico... Satellite imagery and surface observations indicate that the broad area of low pressure centered about 200 miles east of the northwestern Bahamas has become better organized this morning. Upper-level winds have become somewhat more favorable for development...and a tropical or subtropical depression could form during the next day or so as the system moves slowly west-northwestward. An Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate the system on Saturday...if necessary. Elsewhere...tropical storm formation is not expected through Saturday.

000 WTNT31 KNHC 101246 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 800 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...FIRST TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE 2006 SEASON FORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF PINAR DEL RIO AND ISLE OF YOUTH. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 AM CDT...1300Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL...

MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) -- There were no tropical systems moving off Africa toward the Americas Thursday, the first day of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Max Mayfield, director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, has been campaigning for weeks for the more than 34 million people who live in storm-prone coastal areas to begin preparations, USA Today reported. He's concerned with a survey of 1,100 people by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research that found more than half don't feel vulnerable to hurricanes, and 3-in-5 have no family disaster plan. Referring to last year's devastating strike by Hurricane Katrina...

000 WTPZ31 KNHC 280245 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALETTA ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP012006 800 PM PDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...ALETTA MOVING LITTLE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO TECPAN DE GALEANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM EAST OF PUNTA MALDONADO EASTWARD TO PUERTO ESCONDIDO...AND FROM WEST OF TECPAN DE GALEANA...