000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011501 TWSEP 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. BLAKE/AVILA/BEVEN/FRANKLIN/LAWRENCE/PASCH/STEWART