000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011633 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2001 SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR AUGUST 2001... FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE... TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX-E AND HURRICANE FLOSSIE. THE OCCURRENCE OF ONLY ONE NAMED STORM IN THIS BASIN IS WELL BELOW THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE OF FOUR FOR THE MONTH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX-E FORMED ON 22 AUGUST FROM AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ABOUT 1300 MILES EAST OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE CYCLONE MOVED MAINLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...AND DISSIPATED AROUND 0000 UTC ON THE 24TH. FLOSSIE FORMED ON 26 AUGUST ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS...AND BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT SAME DAY. IT MOVED WESTWARD...PASSING JUST NORTH OF SOCORRO ISLAND...AND INTENSIFIED INTO A HURRICANE LATE ON THE 27TH. EARLY ON THE 28TH THE FORWARD MOTION SLOWED AND FLOSSIE DRIFTED SOUTHWESTWARD. THE HURRICANE THEN MOVED NORTHWESTWARD...INTENSIFYING TO A PEAK STRENGTH NEAR 90 KT LATE ON THE 29TH. FLOSSIE BEGAN WEAKENING ON THE 30TH AND GRADUALLY TURNED NORTHWARD. THIS MORNING FLOSSIE IS A WEAKENING TROPICAL STORM LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES WEST OF CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA. SUMMARY TABLE... NAME DATES WIND-KT DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------------ SIX-E 22-24 AUGUST 30 0 FLOSSIE 26-31 AUGUST 90 0 ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE...DATES ARE BASED ON UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC. JARVINEN/PASCH/STEWART