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000 ABPZ20 KNHC 081800 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON RECENTLY-UPGRADED HURRICANE HERNAN...LOCATED ABOUT 865 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A WELL-DEFINED TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE FAR EASTERN PACIFIC A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF EL SALVADOR IS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION. THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW...AND CONDITIONS THEREAFTER APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH ON A TRACK RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE COAST OF MEXICO...AND INTERESTS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. ANOTHER BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO IS PRODUCING A LARGE BUT DISORGANIZED AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 1250 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. WHILE THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING ONLY LIMITED AND DISORGANIZED SHOWER ACTIVITY...SLOW DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB

000 ABNT20 KNHC 081751 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2008 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BROWN

No tropical cyclones as of Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:01:04 GMT

Graphic last updated Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:05:18 GMT

Graphic last updated Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:51:55 GMT

As summer progressed, the summit crater in Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's big island continued a pattern of intermittent activity that began in early 2008. On August 7, a plume of ash and gas streamed away from the island.

Tropical Storm Kammuri formed in the South China Sea in the first week of August 2008 and drenched Guangdong Province, including the city of Hong Kong, on August 6.

A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa.

Patagonia was thought to be subjected mainly to westerly winds off the Pacific, but a dual ice core analysis yielded the first evidence that this region also comes under the influence of meteorological regimes that arise further south, in the Antarctic. (Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement press release)

Research suggests that extreme cooling that occurred within a short number of years 12,700 years ago was associated with a sudden change in the wind systems. (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres press release)

Researchers' look into "deep time" sheds light on period considered analogous to today's climate. (National Science Foundation press release)

Less than a month after launch, the new NASA-French space agency Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps.

A linear string of mud pots and mud volcanoes suggest surface evidence for a southern extension of the San Andreas Fault that runs through the Salton Sea. (Seismological Society of America press release)

By the afternoon of August 4, 2008, Tropical Storm Edouard was headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast.

A forest fire raged in southern Turkey in early August 2008.