000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011436 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT SUN AUG 01 2010 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. JULY WAS AN EXTREMELY INACTIVE MONTH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN WITH ONLY ONE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OBSERVED. THE LAST JULY IN WHICH NO NAMED STORMS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE FORMED WAS IN 1966. THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE FOR JULY IS THREE OR FOUR NAMED STORMS... WITH TWO OF THE STORMS BECOMING HURRICANES...AND ONE OF THOSE STRENGTHENING INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE. THUS FAR FOR THE 2010 HURRICANE SEASON...THERE HAVE BEEN TWO TROPICAL STORMS AND TWO HURRICANES...WITH BOTH OF THE HURRICANES REACHING MAJOR HURRICANE INTENSITY. THESE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW THE LONG-TERM (1971-2009) AVERAGE OF ABOUT SIX TROPICAL STORMS... AND NEAR THE AVERAGE OF THREE HURRICANES AND ONE OR TWO MAJOR HURRICANES. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY (ACE)...THE OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY OBSERVED SO FAR THIS SEASON IS 107 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM MEAN. 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 TD SIX-E 14-16 JUL 35 ------------------------------------------------- $$ FORECASTER STEWART/KIMBERLAIN/BEVEN