000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011553 TWSEP 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