000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011526 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT THU OCT 01 2009 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY DURING SEPTEMBER WAS SOMEWHAT BELOW AVERAGE WITH THREE TROPICAL STORMS AND ONE HURRICANE FORMING. THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES ARE ABOUT THREE TROPICAL STORMS...TWO HURRICANES...AND ONE MAJOR HURRICANE. SEPTEMBER 2009 HAD ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM MEAN ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...A COMBINED MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES. 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 SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) ------------------------------------------------- TD ONE-E 18-19 JUN 35 H ANDRES 21-24 JUN 80 TS BLANCA 6-9 JUL 50 H CARLOS 10-16 JUL 105 TS DOLORES 15-17 JUL 50 TS LANA* 30 JUL-3 AUG 65 TS ENRIQUE 3-7 AUG 65 MH FELICIA 4-11 AUG 140 TD NINE-E 9-11 AUG 35 MH GUILLERMO 12-20 AUG 125 TS HILDA 22-28 AUG 65 TS IGNACIO 24-27 AUG 50 MH JIMENA 29 AUG-4 SEP 155 TS KEVIN 29 AUG-1 SEP 50 H LINDA 7-12 SEP 80 TS MARTY 16-19 SEP 45 TS NORA 23-25 SEP 60 ------------------------------------------------- *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 WAS GIVEN A NAME FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN LIST OF NAMES. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALISTS UNIT