000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011316 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT THU JUL 01 2010 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. JUNE WAS A VERY ACTIVE MONTH IN THE BASIN WITH THREE TROPICAL STORMS OBSERVED...TWO OF WHICH BECAME HURRICANES THAT EVENTUALLY REACHED MAJOR HURRICANE INTENSITY. THIS COMPARES TO THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF ABOUT TWO TROPICAL STORMS AND ONE HURRICANE EVERY YEAR...AND A MAJOR HURRICANE ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR. USING THE ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY INDEX...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED DURATION AND STRENGTH OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...2010 HAD THE HIGHEST JUNE ACE VALUE ON RECORD...ECLIPSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD IN 1984...AND WAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE. ONE SHORT-LIVED TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALSO FORMED. 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/2010EPAC.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) ------------------------------------------------- TS AGATHA 29-30 MAY 45 TD TWO-E 16-17 JUN 30 TS BLAS 17-21 JUN 65 MH CELIA 19-29 JUN 160 MH DARBY 23-28 JUN 120 ------------------------------------------------- $$ FORECASTER BLAKE