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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT SUN OCT 01 2000
  
SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR SEPTEMBER 2000

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

TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR SEPTEMBER WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE. 
THREE TROPICAL STORMS FORMED OF WHICH ONLY ONE...LANE...ATTAINED
HURRICANE INTENSITY.  IN ADDITION...KRISTY WAS IN PROGRESS AS THE
MONTH COMMENCED.  TYPICALLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR NAMED STORMS FORM IN
SEPTEMBER WITH TWO ATTAINING HURRICANE INTENSITY.

KRISTY BRIEFLY ACQUIRED TROPICAL STORM STATUS ON THE 2ND BEFORE
WEAKENING AND DISSIPATING THE NEXT DAY.  

LANE DEVELOPED 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO ON THE 5TH AND
BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY.  THE STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS AND THEN HEADED ON A GENERAL
NORTHWEST TRACK.  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 WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF
85 KNOTS AND BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH SURF TO THE BAJA
PENINSULA.  LANE DISSIPATED ON THE 12TH ABOUT 375 MILES WEST OF
SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA.

MIRIAM FORMED ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON
THE 15TH.  IT MOVED NORTH-NORTHWEST...DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL
STORM WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF 40 KNOTS ON THE 16TH...THREATENING
THE BAJA PENINSULA.  HOWEVER...MIRIAM WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION
BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL NEAR CABO SAN LUCAS.  

NORMAN DEVELOPED ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO
ON THE 19TH AND DRIFTED NORTHWARD TOWARD THE MEXICAN COAST.  IT
BECAME A TROPICAL STORM THE NEXT DAY WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF 45
KNOTS AS IT NEARED THE MEXICAN COAST.  THE CENTER BRIEFLY MADE
LANDFALL ABOUT 45 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO AND WEAKENED
BACK TO A DEPRESSION.  NORMAN MOVED OFFSHORE FOR ABOUT TWELVE HOURS
BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL NEAR MAZATLAN AND DISSIPATING.  THE STORM
PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MEXICO.

SUMMARY TABLE:

NAME                       DATES          WINDS         DEATHS
------------          --------------     -------        ------
KRISTY                AUG 31 - SEP 3      35 KT           0
LANE                  SEP 5 - 13          85 KT           0
MIRIAM                SEP 16 - 17         40 KT           0
NORMAN                SEP 20 - 22         40 KT           0

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

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