000 ABPZ30 KNHC 010451 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 900 PM PST NOV 30 2013 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM SONIA...FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN IN NOVEMBER. BASED ON THE 30-YEAR (1981-2010) CLIMATOLOGY...A TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE BASIN IN NOVEMBER ABOUT ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. FOR THE 2013 SEASON OVERALL...18 NAMED STORMS FORMED IN THE BASIN... WITH 8 OF THOSE BECOMING HURRICANES. HOWEVER...ONLY ONE OF THE HURRICANES REACHED MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS. BASED THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGY...THE SEASONAL ACTIVITY AVERAGES FOR THE BASIN ARE 15 NAMED STORMS...8 HURRICANES...AND 3 OR 4 MAJOR HURRICANES. FOR 2013...THE NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS WAS A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL...THE NUMBER OF HURRICANES WAS NEAR NORMAL AND THE NUMBER OF MAJOR HURRICANES WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN FOR 2013 WAS ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE 1981-2010 AVERAGE. REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS... WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2013EPAC.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) --------------------------------------------------- TS ALVIN* 15-17 MAY 60 H BARBARA* 28-30 MAY 80 H COSME* 23-27 JUN 85 H DALILA 30 JUN-7 JUL 75 H ERICK* 4-9 JUL 80 TS FLOSSIE* 25-30 JUL 70 H GIL 30 JUL-6 AUG 85 H HENRIETTE 3-11 AUG 105 TS IVO 22-25 AUG 45 TS JULIETTE 28-29 AUG 50 TS KIKO* 31 AUG-2 SEP 75 TS LORENA 5-7 SEP 45 H MANUEL 13-19 SEP 75 TS NARDA* 6-10 OCT 65 TS OCTAVE 13-15 OCT 65 TS PRISCILLA 14-17 OCT 45 MH RAYMOND 20-30 OCT 125 TS SONIA 1-4 NOV 45 --------------------------------------------------- * DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT