000 ABNT30 KNHC 011147 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT FRI AUG 01 2014 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN IN JULY... HURRICANE ARTHUR AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. BASED ON A 30-YEAR (1981-2010) CLIMATOLOGY...ONE NAMED STORM FORMS IN THE BASIN IN JULY...WITH A HURRICANE OCCURRING ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER YEAR. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN SO FAR IN 2014 HAS BEEN NEAR NORMAL. REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS... WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2014ATLAN.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) --------------------------------------------------- H ARTHUR 1-5 JUL 100 TD TWO 21-23 JUL 35 --------------------------------------------------- * DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT