000 ABNT30 KNHC 020021 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY...CORRECTED NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT MON OCT 01 2012 CORRECTED LESLIE STATUS TO HURRICANE FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TWO TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. BOTH OF THESE REACHED HURRICANE STATUS...WHILE MICHAEL BECAME THE FIRST MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE ATLANTIC SEASON. THESE TOTALS WERE BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE (1981 TO 2010) OF FOUR NAMED STORMS AND NEAR THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES OF TWO TO THREE HURRICANES AND ONE OR TWO MAJOR HURRICANES. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY SO FAR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 50 PERCENT ABOVE THE 1981-2010 AVERAGE THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 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) --------------------------------------------------- TS ALBERTO 19-22 MAY 60 TS BERYL 26-30 MAY 70 H CHRIS 19-22 JUN 75 TS DEBBY 23-27 JUN 60 H ERNESTO 1-10 AUG 85 TS FLORENCE 4-6 AUG 60 H GORDON 15-20 AUG 110 TS HELENE 9-18 AUG 45 H ISAAC 21 AUG-1 SEP 80 TS JOYCE 22-24 AUG 40 H KIRK 28 AUG-2 SEP 105 H LESLIE 30 AUG-11 SEP 75 MH MICHAEL 3-11 SEP 115 H NADINE 11 SEP- 90 --------------------------------------------------- $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT