000
ABPZ30 KNHC 011449
TWSEP 
 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT SAT OCT 1 2011
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..

ONLY ONE NAMED STORM...HILARY...FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC
BASIN DURING SEPTEMBER...BUT IT BECAME A LONG-LIVED MAJOR HURRICANE. 
THIS IS WELL BELOW THE LONG-TERM (1971-2010) AVERAGES OF ABOUT
THREE TROPICAL STORMS AND TWO HURRICANES FOR SEPTEMBER BUT NEAR THE
AVERAGE OF ONE MAJOR HURRICANE.  ALSO...ONE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FORMED ON THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST AND DISSIPATED ON THE FIRST DAY OF
SEPTEMBER. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH
MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND
HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER WAS ABOUT
FIFTEEN PERCENT ABOVE 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/2011EPAC.SHTML

NAME                 DATES         MAX WIND (MPH)    
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MH ADRIAN          7-12 JUN            140
 H BEATRIZ        19-22 JUN             90
 H CALVIN          7-10 JUL             80
MH DORA           18-24 JUL            155
MH EUGENE      31 JUL-6 AUG            140
TS FERNANDA       15-19 AUG             65
 H GREG           16-21 AUG             85 
TD EIGHT-E     31 AUG-1 SEP             35
MH HILARY         21-30 SEP            145 


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