000 ABNT30 KNHC 011147 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC BASIN DURING OCTOBER WAS NEAR NORMAL IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS...BUT BELOW NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF HURRICANES. TWO TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE BASIN DURING OCTOBER...BUT NEITHER REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH. BASED ON A 30-YEAR (1981-2010) CLIMATOLOGY... TWO NAMED STORMS FORM ON AVERAGE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN IN OCTOBER... WITH ONE BECOMING A HURRICANE. A MAJOR HURRICANE FORMS IN THE BASIN IN OCTOBER ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER YEAR. FOR THE SEASON OVERALL AS OF THE END OF OCTOBER...THE 12 NAMED STORMS IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE AVERAGE VALUE OF 11...BUT THE 2 HURRICANES TO DATE IS WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE OF 5.8. ALSO...THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR HURRICANES THUS FAR IN 2013...WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE OF 2.6. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER WAS ABOUT 70 PERCENT BELOW THE 1981-2010 AVERAGE. REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS... WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2013ATLAN.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) --------------------------------------------------- TS ANDREA* 5-7 JUN 65 TS BARRY* 17-20 JUN 45 TS CHANTAL* 7-10 JUL 65 TS DORIAN* 23 JUL-3 AUG 60 TS ERIN* 15-18 AUG 45 TS FERNAND* 25-26 AUG 60 TS GABRIELLE* 4-13 SEP 60 TD EIGHT 6-7 SEP 35 H HUMBERTO 8-19 SEP 85 H INGRID 12-16 SEP 85 TS JERRY 29 SEP-3 OCT 50 TS KAREN 3-6 OCT 65 TS LORENZO 21-24 OCT 50 --------------------------------------------------- * DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT