Tropical Weather Summary
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ABNT30 KNHC 011148
TWSAT
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT WED SEP 01 2010
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
FOUR TROPICAL STORMS AND ONE TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED IN THE
ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. TWO OF THESE
STORMS...DANIELLE AND EARL...BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES. THE NUMBER
OF NAMED STORMS WAS EQUAL TO THE LONG-TERM (1944-2009) AVERAGES OF 4
TROPICAL STORMS AND 2 HURRICANES...BUT ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF ABOUT 1
MAJOR HURRICANE. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...
WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL
STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN AUGUST WAS
ABOUT 60 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL.
SO FAR THIS SEASON...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY TO DATE IS
ABOUT 50 PERCENT ABOVE THE LONG-TERM MEAN.
REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE
LETTERS...HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/2010ATLAN.SHTML
SUMMARY TABLE
NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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H ALEX 25 JUN-2 JUL 105
TD TWO 7-8 JUL 35
TS BONNIE 22-24 JUL 40
TS COLIN 2-8 AUG 60
TD FIVE 10-11 AUG 35
MH DANIELLE 21-31 AUG 135
MH EARL 25 AUG - 135
TS FIONA 30 AUG - 40
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FORECASTER BERG/BLAKE