000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011445 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT FRI JUN 01 2012 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN DURING MAY WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TWO TROPICAL STORMS FORMED...ONE OF WHICH REACHED MAJOR HURRICANE INTENSITY. BUD BECAME A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE BEFORE WEAKENING RAPIDLY AS IT APPROACHED THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO ON 25 MAY. ON AVERAGE...ABOUT ONE TROPICAL STORM FORMS EVERY OTHER YEAR DURING MAY. REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS... HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2012EPAC.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) --------------------------------------------------- TS ALETTA 14-19 MAY 45 MH BUD 21-26 MAY 115 --------------------------------------------------- $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT