000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011945 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM PDT SAT JUL 01 2000 CORRECTION...CHANGE CARLOTTA WIND SPEED IN TABLE TO 155 MPH SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR JUNE 2000 FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE... THERE WERE TWO NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES DURING JUNE. BUD WAS A 50-MPH TROPICAL STORM THAT MOVED NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM THE 13 THROUGH THE 17TH. HURRICANE CARLOTTA MOVED ON A TRACK PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM THE 18TH TO THE 25TH...REMAINING WITHIN ABOUT 300 MILES OF THE COAST THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME. CARLOTTA REACHED ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 155 MPH ON THE 21ST...MAKING IT A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...WHEN IT WAS CENTERED ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO. CARLOTTA IS THE SECOND STRONGEST EASTERN PACIFIC JUNE HURRICANE ON RECORD...SECOND ONLY TO AVA OF 1973. THE LITHUANIAN FREIGHTER LINKUVA...WHICH LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS CAUGHT IN THE HURRICANE...REMAINS MISSING AT THIS TIME. ITS CREW OF 18 ARE PRESUMED LOST. SUMMARY TABLE: NAME DATES WINDS DEATHS ------------------ ---------- ------- ------ TROPICAL STORM BUD 13-17 JUNE 50 MPH 0 HURRICANE CARLOTTA 18-25 JUNE 155 MPH 18 FORECASTER LAWRENCE/FRANKLIN