000 ABNT30 KNHC 011134 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SUN AUG 01 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO AND TROPICAL STORM BONNIE FORMED DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. IN ADDITION...ALEX DISSIPATED OVER MEXICO EARLY ON 2 JULY. ON AVERAGE...ONE TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN IN JULY. SO FAR THIS SEASON...ONE TROPICAL STORM AND ONE HURRICANE HAVE FORMED. THE OCCURRENCE OF TWO NAMED STORMS IS SIMILAR TO THE LONG-TERM (1944-2009) AVERAGE...AND ONE HURRICANE IS A LITTLE ABOVE THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY (ACE)...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY OBSERVED TO DATE IS 111 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM MEAN. 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/2010ATLAN.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) ---------------------------------------------------- H ALEX 25 JUN-2 JUL 105 TD TWO 7-8 JUL 35 TS BONNIE 22-24 JUL 40 $$ FORECASTER STEWART/BEVEN/KIMBERLAIN/PASCH