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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT SUN SEP 1 2002

SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR AUGUST 2002...
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST 
LONGITUDE...
 
FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED DURING AUGUST...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
SEVEN-E...HURRICANE FAUSTO...TROPICAL STORM GENEVIEVE...AND 
HURRICANE HERNAN.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN-E FORMED ON 6 AUGUST ABOUT 840 N MI
SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.  MOVING GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD
...IT DISSIPATED ON THE 8TH ABOUT 950 N MI WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.

FAUSTO WAS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE THAT DID NOT AFFECT ANY LAND
AREAS.  IT DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT CROSSED THE
WEST-AFRICAN COAST ON 11 AUGUST...AND ENTERED THE EASTERN NORTH
PACIFIC BASIN ON THE 17TH.  THE SYSTEM BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
ON THE 21ST ABOUT 400 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
THE DEPRESSION INITIALLY MOVED WESTWARD AND STRENGTHENED...BECOMING
A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 22ND ABOUT 450 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
MANZANILLO.  FAUSTO TURNED TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST...A HEADING IT
WOULD MAINTAIN FOR THE NEXT SIX DAYS...AND STEADILY STRENGTHENED...
BECOMING A HURRICANE LATER THAT DAY WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 565 N MI
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.  STEADY AND SIGNIFICANT
STRENGTHENING CONTINUED...WITH FAUSTO REACHING ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF
125 KT ON THE 24TH.  FAUSTO THEN BEGAN TO STEADILY WEAKEN...BECOMING
A TROPICAL STORM AGAIN ON THE 26TH.  WINDS DROPPED BELOW TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH EARLY ON THE 28TH...SHORTLY AFTER FAUSTO CROSSED 
140W LONGITUDE AND ENTERED THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN.  FAUSTO BECAME 
A NON-CONVECTIVE LOW LATER THAT DAY.  THE REMNANT LOW CONTINUED ON A
WESTWARD TRACK...PASSING ABOUT 430 N MI NORTH OF THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS ON THE 30TH.

GENEVIEVE BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 26 AUGUST ABOUT 500 N MI 
SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.  IT MOVED JUST SOUTH 
OF DUE WESTWARD FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN MOVED NORTHWESTWARD.  ITS 
WINDS REACHED 60 KT ON THE 27TH THROUGH 29TH.  ON 1 SEPTEMBER... 
GENEVIEVE WAS A DISSIPATING DEPRESSION LOCATED ABOUT 900 N MI 
WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.

HURRICANE HERNAN FIRST BECAME A TROPICAL CYCLONE ON 30 AUGUST ABOUT
350 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.  MOVING IN A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD DIRECTION...HERNAN STRENGTHENED.  ON 1 SEPTEMBER
...HERNAN BECAME A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...THE SECOND OF THE
SEASON...WHEN IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 340 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE
SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 140 KT.


SUMMARY TABLE...

NAME                  DATES             WIND-KT         DEATHS
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TD SEVEN-E            6-8 AUG              30              0
H FAUSTO              21-28 AUG           125              0
TS GENEVIEVE       26 AUG-1 SEP         60              0
H HERNAN              30 AUG -IN PROGRESS 140              0 
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