000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011519 TWSEP 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