000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011521 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT TUE SEP 01 2009 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. AUGUST WAS AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE MONTH IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC BASIN. SEVEN TROPICAL STORMS FORMED...OF WHICH THREE BECAME HURRICANES... AND ALL OF THE HURRICANES EVENTUALLY BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES. THIS COMPARES TO THE LONG-TERM AUGUST AVERAGE OF ABOUT 4 TROPICAL STORMS...2 HURRICANES...AND 1 MAJOR HURRICANE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1985 THAT 7 TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN ANY MONTH IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC...AND THE MOST NAMED STORMS THAT HAVE FORMED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST SINCE 1968 WHEN 8 FORMED. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998 THAT THREE MAJOR HURRICANES HAVE FORMED IN ANY MONTH IN THE BASIN. 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/2009EPAC.SHTML NOAA HAS JUST RELEASED THE INAUGURAL EDITION OF A TRACK BOOK FOR EASTERN PACIFIC BASIN. THIS BOOK CONTAINS CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA... TRACK MAPS FROM THE YEARS 1949-2008...AND BASIN STATISTICS ON MEXICAN HURRICANE LANDFALL. MORE INFORMATION IS AT THE NHC WEBSITE...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS... HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTBOOKEPAC.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) DEATHS --------------------------------------------------------------- TD ONE-E 18-19 JUN 35 0 H ANDRES 21-24 JUN 80 1 TS BLANCA 6-8 JUL 50 0 H CARLOS 10-16 JUL 105 0 TS DOLORES 15-17 JUL 50 0 TS LANA* 30 JUL-3 AUG 65 0 TS ENRIQUE 3-7 AUG 60 0 MH FELICIA 4-11 AUG 140 0 TD NINE-E 9-13 AUG 35 0 MH GUILLERMO 12-20 AUG 125 0 TS HILDA 22-28 AUG 65 0 TS IGNACIO 24-27 AUG 50 0 MH JIMENA 29 AUG-- 155 0 TS KEVIN 29 AUG-- 50 0 --------------------------------------------------------------- *LANA DEVELOPED FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX-E THAT FORMED IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC BASIN. HOWEVER...IT DID NOT REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH UNTIL MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN. THEREFORE IT ACQUIRED A NAME FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN LIST OF NAMES. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALISTS UNIT