000 ABNT30 KNHC 011133 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT MON NOV 01 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... FIVE TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...ALL OF WHICH BECAME HURRICANES. THESE NUMBERS ARE FAR ABOVE THE LONG-TERM (1944-2009) AVERAGES OF 2 TROPICAL STORMS AND 1 HURRICANE. THE NUMBER OF HURRICANES WAS ONLY ONE BELOW THE RECORD OF 6 WHICH WAS OBSERVED IN OCTOBER 1870. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN OCTOBER WAS ABOUT 40 PERCENT ABOVE AVERAGE. MANY OF THE HURRICANES WERE SHORT-LIVED AND DID NOT CONTRIBUTE MUCH TO THE ACE. SO FAR THIS SEASON...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY TO DATE IS ABOUT 164 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM MEDIAN. 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 TS COLIN 2-8 AUG 60 TD FIVE 10-11 AUG 35 MH DANIELLE 21-31 AUG 135 MH EARL 25 AUG-5 SEP 145 TS FIONA 30 AUG-4 SEP 60 TS GASTON 1-2 SEP 40 TS HERMINE 6-8 SEP 65 MH IGOR 8-21 SEP 155 MH JULIA 12-20 SEP 135 MH KARL 14-18 SEP 120 H LISA 21-26 SEP 80 TS MATTHEW 23-26 SEP 60 TS NICOLE 28-29 SEP 40 H OTTO 6-10 OCT 85 H PAULA 11-15 OCT 100 H RICHARD 21-26 OCT 90 H SHARY 29-30 OCT 75 H TOMAS 29 OCT - 100 $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BLAKE/BERG/STEWART