000 ABNT30 KNHC 011219 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EST WED DEC 01 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN WAS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE DURING 2010. A TOTAL OF 19 NAMED STORMS FORMED...OF WHICH 12 BECAME HURRICANES AND 5 BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES. THE LONG TERM AVERAGES ARE 11 NAMED STORMS...6 HURRICANES AND 2 MAJOR HURRICANES. THERE WERE ALSO TWO 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...2010 WAS MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE...AT 190 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM MEDIAN VALUE. THE NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS AND HURRICANES DURING 2010 WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE THE RECORD-SETTING 2005 SEASON. THE ACE VALUE FOR 2010 WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST SINCE 2005...AND THE ELEVENTH HIGHEST IN THE BASIN SINCE 1944. 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 8-9 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-3 SEP 65 TS GASTON 1-2 SEP 40 TS HERMINE 5-9 SEP 70 MH IGOR 8-21 SEP 155 MH JULIA 12-20 SEP 135 MH KARL 14-18 SEP 120 H LISA 20-26 SEP 85 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-7 NOV 100 $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT