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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT FRI SEP 01 2000
  
SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR AUGUST 2000

FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE...

FIVE NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
DURING AUGUST...HURRICANES GILMA AND HECTOR...AND TROPICAL STORMS
FABIO...ILEANA...AND JOHN.  IN ADDITION...DANIEL WAS A TROPICAL
STORM AS THE MONTH COMMENCED AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN-E
FORMED AUGUST 31 AND IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 1650 MILES WEST-
SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.

ON AUGUST 1ST...DANIEL PASSED ABOUT 140 MILES NORTH OF THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.  IT GRADUALLY WEAKENED AS IT CONTINUED TO THE NORTHWEST AND
DISSIPATED ON THE 5TH.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT-E FORMED ON THE 3RD ABOUT 560 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  IT MOVED WESTWARD AND BECAME TROPICAL
STORM FABIO ON THE 4TH.  FABIO REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 45 KT
LATER THAT DAY.  FABIO TURNED WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD ON THE 5TH AND
WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION ON THE 6TH.  THE CYCLONE DISSIPATED LATE
THAT DAY ABOUT 1100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.

A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ON THE 5TH ABOUT 900 MILES WEST OF CABO
SAN LUCAS MEXICO.  IT MOVED ON A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTERLY TRACK
AND BECAME TROPICAL STORM GILMA ON THE 6TH ABOUT 420 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  IT BECAME A HURRICANE AND REACHED ITS
MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 70 KT ON THE 8TH WHEN IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 630
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  IT TURNED NORTHWEST AND
WEAKENED BACK TO A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 9TH...CONTINUED TO WEAKEN
OVER INCREASINGLY COOLER WATERS UNTIL IT DISSIPATED ON THE 11TH.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10-E FORMED ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MANZANILLO MEXICO ON THE 10TH.  IT BECAME TROPICAL STORM HECTOR AS
IT MOVED ON A SLOW WESTWARD COURSE AWAY FROM MEXICO.  HECTOR REACHED
HURRICANE STATUS ON THE 14TH AND PEAKED AT A 70 KT INTENSITY LATER
THAT DAY.  THE STORM TOOK A SLIGHT NORTHWEST TURN AND DISSIPATED
QUICKLY OVER COOL WATERS.  THE REMNANTS OF HECTOR CONTINUED TO HEAD
WESTWARD AND PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON
THE 20TH AS IT INTERACTED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.

THE DEPRESSION THAT BECAME TROPICAL STORM ILEANA FORMED ON THE 14TH
SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD JUST
OFFSHORE THE COAST OF MEXICO TOWARD THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.  IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 14TH AND REACHED A
PEAK INTENSITY OF 60 KT ON THE 15TH WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH
OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.  ILEANA QUICKLY DISSIPATED ON THE 16TH
WHEN THE SYSTEM MOVED OVER MUCH COOLER WATER AND ENCOUNTERED
NORTHEASTERLY SHEAR.

THE DEPRESSION THAT BECAME TROPICAL STORM JOHN FORMED ON THE 28TH
ABOUT 1160 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.  IT BECAME
A TROPICAL STORM SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND MOVED VERY SLOWLY TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST.  THE STORM MOVED INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC AND
REACHED A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 60 KT ON THE 30TH.  BY LATE ON THE
31ST...JOHN HAD WEAKENED TO A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM.


SUMMARY TABLE:

NAME                        DATES           WINDS         DEATHS
------------------        ---------        -------        ------
HURRICANE DANIEL          JUL 23 - AUG 05   110 KT         NONE
TROPICAL STORM FABIO      AUG 03 - 06        45 KT         NONE
HURRICANE GILMA           AUG 05 - 11        70 KT         NONE
HURRICANE HECTOR          AUG 12 - 16        70 KT         NONE
TROPICAL STORM ILEANA     AUG 14 - 17        60 KT         NONE
TROPICAL STORM JOHN       AUG 28 -           60 KT         NONE

NOTE: DATES ARE BASED ON UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC.

FORECASTERS FRANKLIN/AVILA/BEVEN/STEWART/PASCH/LAWRENCE