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ABPZ30 KNHC 011420
TWSEP 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT MON AUG 1 2005
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..

JULY WAS A RELATIVELY INACTIVE MONTH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC
BASIN. ONLY TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES...TWO FEWER THAN NORMAL...FORMED
DURING THE MONTH.   

DORA FORMED ON 4 JULY ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO...AND
THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY ABOUT 90 N MI
SOUTHEAST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.  DORA MOVED NORTHWESTWARD AND CAME
WITHIN 35 N MI OF THE MEXICAN COAST NEAR ZIHUATANEJO BEFORE TURNING
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND PARALLELING THE COASTLINE ON 5 JULY.  DORA
TURNED WESTWARD AWAY FROM MEXICO ON 6 JULY AND WEAKENED TO A
DEPRESSION OVER COOLER WATERS.  DORA DISSIPATED EARLY ON 7 JULY
ABOUT 150 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. 

EUGENE FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE ON 18 JULY ABOUT 220 N MI SOUTH
OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.  THE STORM MOVED GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD
PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF MEXICO FOR ABOUT A DAY...AND REACHED ITS
PEAK INTENSITY OF 60 KT WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 180 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST
OF CABO CORRIENTES.  EUGENE SOON WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
OVER COOLER WATERS AND IT WAS REDUCED TO A REMNANT LOW ABOUT 100 N
MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS LATE ON 20 JULY.  THE REMNANT LOW
CONTINUED NORTHWESTWARD AND DISSIPATED BY 22 JULY.


SUMMARY TABLE

NAME           DATES           MAX WIND (KT)     DEATHS
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TS DORA        4-6  JUL             35             0
TS EUGENE     18-20 JUL             60             0
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NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC)

FORECASTER FRANKLIN/STEWART/PASCH
 
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