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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
 
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
 
TWO TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE BASIN DURING MAY. WHILE IT IS NOT
UNUSUAL TO HAVE TROPICAL CYCLONES FORM BEFORE THE OFFICIAL START OF
THE HURRICANE SEASON...THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER YEARS...1887 AND
1908...WHEN TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED BEFORE 1 JUNE. TROPICAL
STORM BERYL MADE LANDFALL NEAR JACKSONVILLE BEACH FLORIDA EARLY ON
28 MAY...MAKING IT THE STRONGEST PRE-JUNE TROPICAL CYCLONE EVER TO
IMPACT THE UNITED STATES COASTLINE.

TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE BASIN DURING JUNE...HURRICANE
CHRIS AND TROPICAL STORM DEBBY. BASED ON A 30-YEAR AVERAGE FROM
1981 TO 2010...A NAMED STORM FORMS IN THE BASIN IN JUNE ABOUT ONCE
EVERY OTHER YEAR...WHILE A HURRICANE FORMS IN THE BASIN IN JUNE
ONLY ABOUT ONCE EVERY SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. ALSO...THE FORMATION OF
DEBBY ON 23 JUNE MARKED THE EARLIEST FORMATION OF FOUR NAMED STORMS
ON RECORD IN THE BASIN. 

IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED
STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL
CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN SO FAR THIS YEAR IS WELL ABOVE THE
1981-2010 AVERAGE...AND IS THE HIGHEST VALUE FOR ANY YEAR SINCE
1968. 

REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS...
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2012ATLAN.SHTML

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME                DATES         MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS ALBERTO         19-22 MAY          60
TS BERYL           26-30 MAY          70
H  CHRIS           19-22 JUN          75
TS DEBBY           23-27 JUN          60     
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