000 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) ---------------------------------------------------- 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 $$ FORECASTER BERG/BLAKE
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