Tropical Weather Summary
ABPZ30 KNHC 011219
TWSEP
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PST WED DEC 01 2010
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY DURING THE 2010 EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC
HURRICANE SEASON WAS WELL BELOW AVERAGE. ONLY SEVEN NAMED STORMS
FORMED...OF WHICH THREE BECAME HURRICANES AND TWO BECAME MAJOR
HURRICANES. THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES ARE 15 NAMED STORMS...9
HURRICANES AND 4 MAJOR HURRICANES. THERE WERE ALSO FIVE
TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS THAT DID NOT REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH.
IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE
COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...
ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN WAS ONLY ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM
MEDIAN. THE SEVEN NAMED STORMS OBSERVED IN 2010 WAS THE LOWEST
NUMBER OBSERVED SINCE THE ADVENT OF ROUTINE SATELLITE IMAGERY IN
THE BASIN IN 1971. THE TOTAL OF THREE HURRICANES WAS ALSO THE
LOWEST NUMBER OBSERVED SINCE 1971. THE ACE VALUE FOR 2010 WAS THE
THIRD LOWEST SINCE 1971...AHEAD OF ONLY 2007 AND 1977.
REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS...
HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/2010EPAC.SHTML
SUMMARY TABLE
NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS AGATHA 29-30 MAY 45
TD TWO-E 16-17 JUN 35
TS BLAS 17-21 JUN 65
MH CELIA 18-28 JUN 160
MH DARBY 23-28 JUN 120
TD SIX-E 14-16 JUL 35
TS ESTELLE 6-10 AUG 65
TD EIGHT-E 20-22 AUG 35
H FRANK 21-28 AUG 90
TD TEN-E 3-4 SEP 35
TD ELEVEN-E 3-4 SEP 35
TS GEORGETTE 21-23 SEP 40
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