Tropical Cyclone Advisory Mailing Lists

Tropical Cyclone text products released by the NHC are available by email. This form allows you to subscribe and unsubscribe to any of the ten lists currently offered. The lists are arranged by region (Atlantic and E. Pacific), with the choice of receiving just the Public Advisories and any updates or position estimates, along with the Tropical Weather Outlook, just the Forecast/Advisories and any updates or position estimates, along with the Tropical Weather Outlook, or you can opt for the full suite of Tropical Cyclone advisories and the Tropical Weather Outlook.

Please Note: This is an experimental service. Interruptions or duplications in email deliveries while we develop the system are to be expected. Notices will be sent if any extended interruptions are encountered.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: We are currently accepting subscriptions to the advisory email lists. As we continue developing the system we may have to limit the number of new subscribers. If we do have to limit subscriptions a notice will be posted to this page.

NOTICE TO AOL SUBSCRIBERS: AOL subscribers who identify the NHC/TPC email advisories as "spam" or "junkmail" to AOL will be removed from the lists per AOL's recommendation. We include instructions and addresses in every advisory to help you unsubscribe from the lists.

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The following products are available via email for the indicated areas during the hurricane season (June 1 through November 30 for the Atlantic, May 15 through November 30 for the Eastern Pacific):

• Forecast/Advisory (Atlantic and E Pacific)
• Public Advisory (Atlantic always, E Pacific only when land is threatened)
• Discussion (Atlantic and E Pacific)
• Probabilities (Atlantic only)
• Update (Atlantic and E Pacific...intermittent)
• Position Estimate (Atlantic and E Pacific...intermittent)
• Special Tropical Disturbance Statement (Atlantic and E Pacific...intermittent)
• Tropical Weather Outlook (Atlantic and E Pacific 4 times a day)*

*Only the early morning Tropical Weather Outlook is sent to all lists. The Atlantic and East Pacific Outlook lists receive the three remaining Outlooks for their respective regions.

Spanish translations of the Advisories and Outlooks courtesy of the NWS San Juan Weather Forecast Office

Please note that there is overlap in the lists, so that, for example, subscribing to both the FULL and PUBLIC ADVISORIES ONLY lists for the same region will generate some duplicate email notices. It is suggested that you subscribe to only one list per region and possibly the Outlook list for that region if you wish to receive all of the Tropical Weather Outlooks as well.

IMPORTANT NOTE: the Atlantic Full list receives a LARGE amount of mail per day (a minimum of 16 emails per storm per day, higher for landfalling storms) when one or more tropical cyclones are active in the Atlantic. For most users the Atlantic (Public Advisories and updates ONLY) list, which gets a minimum of 4 emails per storm per day, is probably adequate. Note that even this list gets a substantial amount of email. We recommend that you set up an email filter to move the inbound advisories to a separate mail folder to keep your inbox from becoming overloaded.

Advisory Mailing List Subscription Form

If you have problems or questions regarding the mailing lists, please send them to mail-storm@seahorse.nhc.noaa.gov or todd.spindler@noaa.gov.