000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011235 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT FRI OCT 01 2010 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. ONE TROPICAL STORM AND TWO TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING SEPTEMBER. THESE NUMBERS ARE WELL BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES OF 3 TROPICAL STORMS...2 HURRICANES...AND 1 MAJOR HURRICANE. IN FACT...SINCE THE SATELLITE ERA BEGAN IN 1971...THIS IS THE QUIETEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES. SO FAR THIS SEASON...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY OBSERVED TO DATE IS ABOUT 46 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM MEDIAN. 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 35 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 TS ESTELLE 6-10 AUG 65 TD EIGHT-E 20-22 AUG 35 H FRANK 21-28 AUG 90 TD TEN-E 3-4 SEP 35 TD ELEVEN-E 3-4 SEP 35 TS GEORGETTE 21-23 SEP 40 $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN