000 ABPZ30 KNHC 012026 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM PST THU NOV 1 2001 ...COR...OCTOBER INSTEAT OF SEPTEMBER SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR OCTOBER 2001... FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE... FOUR TROPICAL STORMS DEVELOPED IN OCTOBER...ONE OF WHICH BECAME A HURRICANE. IN ADDITION...THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL DEPRESSION. LORENA DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE EARLY ON THE 2ND...BECOMING A DEPRESSION ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...THE DEPRESSION STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. LORENA TURNED NORTHWESTWARD ON THE 3RD AND MOVED PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF MEXICO. IT PEAKED AT 50 KT LATER THAT DAY ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO. AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING TURNED THE CYCLONE TOWARD THE NORTH AND ALSO INDUCED STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR ACROSS THE CYCLONE. LORENA RAPIDLY WEAKENED BACK TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS EARLY ON THE 4TH AND EVENTUALLY SHEARED APART AND DISSIPATED LATER THAT SAME DAY ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO VALLARTA MEXICO. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES. SHORT-LIVED TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN-E DEVELOPED FROM A DISTURBANCE IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...BECOMING A DEPRESSION ON THE 3RD ABOUT 800 N MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. THE DEPRESSION MOVED TO THE WEST AND DISSIPATED THE NEXT DAY. MANUEL WAS A WEAK AND DISORGANIZED SYSTEM THAT FORMED FROM THE REMNANTS OF ATLANTIC HURRICANE IRIS...BECOMING A DEPRESSION ON THE 10TH ABOUT 175 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. MOVING TO THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST...THE SYSTEM BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 11TH ABOUT 200 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO. A FIRST PEAK INTENSITY...45 KT...WAS REACHED LATER THAT DAY. PLAGUED BY WIND SHEAR...MANUEL WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON THE 12TH. LITTLE CHANGE OCCURRED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE MANUEL MOVED TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AND SLOWED. AFTER TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST...IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM AGAIN ON THE 15TH AND REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 KT THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 550 N MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. MANUEL MOVED OVER COOLER WATERS AND WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION ON THE 17TH AND DISSIPATED EARLY ON THE 18TH. NARDA BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON THE 20TH A LITTLE MORE THAN 1000 N MI SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND QUICKLY BECAME A TROPICAL STORM. NARDA MOVED TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEST AND INTENSIFIED...REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY OF 75 KNOTS ON THE 22ND. IT MAINTAINED HURRICANE STATUS FOR 24 HOURS BUT THEN WAS RAPIDLY WEAKENED BY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS. NARDA DISSIPATED ON THE 25TH JUST AFTER CROSSING 140 W INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONE BASIN. OCTAVE DEVELOPED OUT OF LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ABOUT 1000 N MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE 31ST. AT MONTHS END IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AND GAINING STRENGTH. SUMMARY TABLE... NAME DATES WIND-KT DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------------ T.S. LORENA 2-4 OCT 40 T.D. FOURTEEN-E 3-4 OCT 30 T.S. MANUEL 10-18 OCT 50 HUR. NARDA 20-25 OCT 75 T.S. OCTAVE 31 OCT - ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE...DATES ARE BASED ON UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC. FRANKLIN/BEVEN/STEWART/AVILA