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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PST WED NOV 01 2000

FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE...
  
SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR OCTOBER 2000...

TWO NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC
OCEAN DURING OCTOBER...TROPICAL STORMS OLIVIA AND PAUL. 
NORMALLY...ONE TROPICAL STORM AND ONE HURRICANE FORM DURING THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER. 

ON OCTOBER 2ND...OLIVIA DEVELOPED AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 17-E ABOUT
185 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO.  IT
STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM THE FOLLOWING DAY. OLIVIA REACHED
ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 55 KT FROM OCTOBER 03-05 BEFORE WEAKENING AND
RE-STRENGTHENING BACK TO 55 KT EARLY ON OCTOBER 8TH.  ON THE
9TH...OLIVIA BEGAN A RAPID WEAKENING TREND...AND IT EVENTUALLY
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...18-E...ON 25 OCTOBER SEVERAL
HUNDRED MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.  MOVING MOSTLY
WESTWARD...PAUL WAS A 35-KT TROPICAL STORM FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE
28TH AND ITS ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS BRIEFLY REACHED 40 KT ON THE
26TH.  IT DISSIPATED ON THE 29TH ABOUT 1500 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
CABO SAN LUCAS.  PAUL DID NOT AFFECT LAND. 

SUMMARY TABLE:

NAME                        DATES           WINDS         DEATHS
------------------        ---------        -------        ------
TROPICAL STORM OLIVIA     OCT 02 - 10       55 KT          NONE
TROPICAL STORM PAUL       OCT 25 - 29       40 KT          NONE


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

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