752 
ABPZ30 KNHC 011241
TWSEP 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT TUE AUG 01 2000
  
SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR JULY 2000

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

THERE WERE FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
DURING JULY...HURRICANE DANIEL...AND TROPICAL STORM EMILIA...ALONG
WITH TWO TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS.  SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SATELLITE
ERA...1966...THE JULY AVERAGE IS FOUR NAMED TROPICAL STORMS...OF
WHICH TWO BECOME HURRICANES.

DANIEL FORMED ON JULY 23RD SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF ACAPULCO
MEXICO.  IT MOVED BETWEEN WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST AND STRENGTHENED
TO A 110-KT HURRICANE ON THE 25TH.  CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...
DANIEL GRADUALLY WEAKENED BEFORE TURNING WESTWARD AND RE-INTENSIFIED
TO 105 KT ON THE 28TH.  THE SYSTEM SLOWLY WEAKENED AS IT MOVED OVER
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...BUT WAS STILL A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AS IT
NEARED THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.  DANIEL THREATENED HAWAII ON THE 29TH
THROUGH THE 31ST AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR THE
ISLANDS OF HAWAII..MAUI COUNTY...AND OAHU.  HOWEVER...IT PASSED A
SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NORTHEAST OF HAWAII ON THE 31ST...AND THE
STRONG WINDS AND RAIN REMAINED OFF SHORE.   

EMILIA FORMED EARLY ON JULY 26 A FEW HUNDRED MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY.  IT
MOVED BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST...STRENGTHENING TO ITS
PEAK OF 55 KNOTS ON THE 27TH.  EMILIA TURNED TOWARD THE WEST AND
GRADUALLY WEAKENED.  IT DISSIPATED AROUND 0000 UTC JULY 30 SEVERAL
HUNDRED MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  

BOTH TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS WERE SHORT-LIVED.  FOUR-E DEVELOPED
SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS...MOVED WESTWARD
FOR ABOUT A DAY AND DISSIPATED.  FIVE-E FORMED NEAR SOCORRO
ISLAND...MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND DISSIPATED A LITTLE OVER A DAY
LATER.  

SUMMARY TABLE:

NAME                          DATES         WINDS         DEATHS
------------------          ----------     -------        ------
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR-E  06 - 07 JULY    25 KT          NONE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-E  22 - 23 JULY    30 KT          NONE
HURRICANE DANIEL            23 JULY - ?    110 KT          NONE
TROPICAL STORM EMILIA       26 - 30 JULY    55 KT          NONE

FORECASTERS LAWRENCE/PASCH/STEWART