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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PST FRI DEC 01 2000
  RETRANS
FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE...
  
...SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR THE 2000 SEASON...

OVERVIEW...

THERE WERE 17 NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC BASIN
IN 2000, BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES ABOVE THE LAST 34-
YEAR AVERAGE OF 15.4 NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES.  OF THE 17, SIX
ATTAINED HURRICANE INTENSITY, COMPARED TO THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF
8.6 HURRICANES.  TWO ADDITIONAL TROPICAL DEPRESSION OCCURRED.

A CREW OF 18 DIED AT SEA WHEN A FREIGHTER WAS LOST IN HURRICANE
CARLOTTA.

TROPICAL STORMS NORMAN AND ROSA MOVED ONSHORE ALONG THE COAST OF
MEXICO AND SPREAD RAINFALL INLAND.  NONE OF THE HURRICANES REACHED
LAND. 

TABLE OF 2000 EASTERN PACIFIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON STATISTICS... 
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NO.NAME     CLASS*    DATES**        MAX.      MINIMUM   DIRECT
                                     1-MIN     SEA LEVEL DEATHS    
                                     WIND      PRESSURE
                                     (MPH)     (MB) 
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1 ALETTA    H         22-28 MAY      105       970       
2 BUD       T         13-17 JUN      50        994       
3 CARLOTTA  H         18-25 JUN      155       932       18
4 DANIEL    H         23 JUL-5 AUG   125       954       
5 EMILIA    T         26-30 JUL      65        994       
6 FABIO     T         3-8 AUG        50        1000      
7 GILMA     H         5-11 AUG       80        984       
8 HECTOR    H         10-16 AUG      80        983       
9 ILEANA    T         13-17 AUG      70        991       
10JOHN      T         28 AUG-1 SEP   70        994       
11KRISTY    T         31AUG-3 SEP    40        1004      
12LANE      H         5-14 SEP       100       967        
13MIRIAM    T         15-17 SEP      40        1004      
14NORMAN    T         20-22 SEP      50        998       
15OLIVIA    T         2-10 OCT       60        994       
16PAUL      T         25-29 OCT      45        1003      
17ROSA      T         3-8 NOV        65        993       
*T:  TROPICAL STORM, WIND SPEED 39-73 MPH  H:  HURRICANE WIND SPEED
74 MPH OR HIGHER.
**DATES BEGIN AT 0000 UTC AND INCLUDE TROPICAL DEPRESSION STAGE
(WIND SPEED LESS THAT 39 MPH).

INDIVIDUAL STORM SUMMARIES...

ALETTA BEGAN AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTH OF
ACAPULCO MEXICO ON MAY 22ND.  THE SYSTEM MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TO
WESTWARD AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 23RD.  ALETTA CONTINUED
WESTWARD...BECOMING A HURRICANE ON THE 24TH AND GENERATING PEAK
WINDS OF 105 MPH ON THE 25TH.  THIS MADE ALETTA THE SECOND STRONGEST
MAY HURRICANE OF RECORD IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC.  ALETTA STALLED AND
WEAKENED ON THE 26TH AND 27TH...AND THE CYCLONE DISSIPATED ABOUT 460
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO ON THE 28TH.

BUD BECAME A DEPRESSION ABOUT 425 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
MANZANILLO MEXICO ON JUNE 13TH.  THE CYCLONE TRACKED GENERALLY
NORTHWESTWARD...BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM LATER ON THE 13TH AND
REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 MPH THE NEXT DAY.  BUD STALLED A
SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF SOCORRO ISLAND AND WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION
ON THE 16TH.  IT DISSIPATED THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 105 MILES NORTH-
NORTHEAST OF SOCORRO ISLAND.
 
HURRICANE CARLOTTA MOVED ON A TRACK PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC COAST 
OF MEXICO FROM JUNE 18TH TO THE 25TH...REMAINING WITHIN ABOUT 300 
MILES OF THE COAST THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME.  THE CYCLONE FORMED
ABOUT 270 MILES SOUTH OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO ON THE 18TH.  IT BECAME
A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 19TH AND A HURRICANE ON THE 20TH.  CARLOTTA
REACHED A PEAK 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.  THIS MADE CARLOTTA
THE SECOND STRONGEST EASTERN PACIFIC JUNE HURRICANE ON RECORD...
SECOND ONLY TO AVA OF 1973.  CARLOTTA GRADUALLY WEAKENED THEREAFTER
AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 480 MILES WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE 25TH.
 
DANIEL FORMED ON JULY 23RD ABOUT 660 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
MANZANILLO.  IT MOVED BETWEEN WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST AND RAPIDLY 
STRENGTHENED TO A 125 MPH HURRICANE ON THE 25TH.  CONTINUING
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...DANIEL GRADUALLY WEAKENED BEFORE TURNING
WESTWARD AND RE-INTENSIFYING TO 120 MPH ON THE 28TH.  THE SYSTEM
SLOWLY WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INTO 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.  DANILE EVENTUALLY DISSIPATED ABOUT 1150 MILES NORTHWEST OF
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON AUGUST 5TH.
 
EMILIA FORMED EARLY ON JULY 26TH 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 65 MPH ON THE 27TH.  EMILIA THEN TURNED TOWARD THE WEST AND 
GRADUALLY WEAKENED.  IT DISSIPATED AROUND 0000 UTC JULY 30 SEVERAL 
HUNDRED MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.   
 
FABIO BEGAN AS A DEPRESSION ON AUGUST 3RD ABOUT 560 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  THE CYCLONE MOVED WESTWARD AND BECAME A TROPICAL
STORM ON THE 4TH.  FABIO REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 MPH 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 AUGUST 5TH ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF
MANZANILLO.  IT MOVED ON A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTERLY TRACK 
AND BECAME TROPICAL STORM GILMA ON THE 6TH.  IT BECAME A HURRICANE
AND REACHED ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 80 MPH ON THE 8TH WHILE LOCATED
ABOUT 630 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  IT TURNED
NORTHWEST AND WEAKENED UNTIL IT DISSIPATED ON THE 11TH ABOUT 860
MILES WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. 
 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO
MEXICO ON AUGUST 10TH.  IT BECAME TROPICAL STORM HECTOR AS IT MOVED
SLOWLY WESTWARD AWAY FROM MEXICO.  HECTOR BECAME A HURRICANE ON THE
14TH AND PEAKED AT AN 80 MPH INTENSITY LATER THAT DAY.  THE STORM
THEN TOOK A SLIGHT NORTHWEST TURN AND DISSIPATED QUICKLY OVER COOL
WATERS ON THE 15TH.  THE REMNANTS OF HECTOR CONTINUED WESTWARD AND
PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON THE 20TH. 
 
THE DEPRESSION THAT BECAME TROPICAL STORM ILEANA FORMED ON AUGUST
14TH ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO. THE CYCLONE 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 70 MPH ON THE 15TH WHEN LOCATED ABOUT 50
MILES SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  ILEANA TURNED WESTWARD AT THAT
TIME...AND QUICKLY DISSIPATED ON THE 16TH DUE TO COOLER WATER AND
NORTHEASTERLY VERTICAL SHEAR.
 
JOHN FORMED ON AUGUST 28TH ABOUT 1160 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.  IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND
MOVED SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD.  THE STORM MOVED INTO THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC AND REACHED A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 70 MPH ON THE 30TH.  JOHN
WEAKENED TO A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM ON THE 31ST AND DISSIPATED ON
SEPTEMBER 1ST ABOUT 860 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.
 
KRISTY FORMED ABOUT 1550 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA ON 31 AUGUST.  WHILE MOVING VERY LITTLE...KRISTY
BRIEFLY ACQUIRED MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM STATUS ON THE 2ND AND
DISSIPATED THE NEXT DAY.   
 
LANE DEVELOPED 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO ON SEPTEMBER
5TH AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY.  THE STORM MOVED IN
A LOOP FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS...FOLLOWED BY A GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD
TRACK ON THE 8TH.  LANE INTENSIFIED INTO A HURRICANE ON THE 9TH AND 
MOVED OVER SOCORRO ISLAND LATER THAT DAY.  THE HURRICANE PASSED
ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE 10TH WITH A PEAK
INTENSITY OF 100 MPH.  IT BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH SURF TO THE
BAJA PENINSULA.  LANE DISSIPATED ON THE 14TH ABOUT 290 MILES WEST OF
SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. 
 
MIRIAM FORMED ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON 
SEPTEMBER 15TH.  IT MOVED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...DEVELOPING INTO A
TROPICAL STORM WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF 45 MPH ON THE 16TH AND
THREATENED THE BAJA PENINSULA.  HOWEVER...MIRIAM WEAKENED TO A
DEPRESSION BEFORE REACING BAJA...AND THE CYCLONE DISSIPATED ABOUT 70
MILE NORTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE 17TH.   
 
NORMAN DEVELOPED ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO
ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AND DRIFTED NORTHWARD TOWARD THE MEXICAN COAST. 
IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY...REACHING A PEAK
INTENSITY OF 50 MPH JUST BEFORE MOVING INLAND BETWEEN LAZARO
CARDENAS AND COLIMA MEXICO.  NORMAN WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION OVER
LAND...THEN MOVED BACK OFFSHORE ON THE 22ND BEFORE MOVING INLAND
AGAIN NEAR MAZATLAN.  IT DISSIPATED LATER THAT DAY.  NORMAN PRODUCED
TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MEXICO. 
 
ON OCTOBER 2ND...OLIVIA DEVELOPED AS A DEPRESSION ABOUT 185 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO.  IT STRENGTHENED TO ITS
PEAK INTENSITY OF 55 KT FROM OCTOBER 03-05 BEFORE WEAKENING AND THEN
RE-STRENGTHENING BACK TO 55 KT EARLY ON OCTOBER 8TH.  ON THE
9TH...OLIVIA WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED ON OCTOBER 10TH ABOUT 600
MILES WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.  OLIVIA TRACKED IN A GENERAL
WEST- NORTHWEST DIRECTION THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME WHILE REMAINING
OVER OPEN WATER...AND AFFECTED NO LAND AREAS.

PAUL FORMED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 25 OCTOBER SEVERAL HUNDRED
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.  MOVING MOSTLY
WESTWARD...PAUL WAS A 40-MPH TROPICAL STORM FROM THE 26TH THROUGH
THE 28TH AND ITS ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS BRIEFLY REACHED 45 MPH ON
THE 26TH.  IT DISSIPATED ON THE 29TH ABOUT 1500 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST
OF CABO SAN LUCAS.  PAUL DID NOT AFFECT LAND. 

ROSA FORMED ON 3 NOVEMBER A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF THE
PACIFIC COAST OF EL SALVADOR.  THE DEPRESSION MOVED GENERALLY
WESTWARD AND STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 5TH.  A
TROUGH TURNED ROSA NORTHWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD ON THE 6TH AND 7TH.
ROSA MADE LANDFALL NEAR HUATULCO MEXICO EARLY ON 8 NOVEMBER AS A
MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM...ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  THERE
WERE NO REPORTS OF CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE.

FORECASTERS LAWRENCE/BEVEN/PASCH/AVILA/FRANKLIN/STEWARD
 


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