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Tropical Weather Summary (Text)

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ABPZ30 KNHC 011336
TWSEP
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT WED SEP 01 2010

FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..

AUGUST CONTINUED THE TREND OF AN INACTIVE SEASON OVER THE EASTERN
NORTH PACIFIC BASIN WITH THE FORMATION OF ONLY 2 TROPICAL STORMS
AND 1 TROPICAL DEPRESSION.  ONE OF THE TROPICAL STORMS...FRANK...
REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH.  THESE NUMBERS ARE BELOW THE LONG-TERM
(1971-2009) AVERAGE OF 4 TROPICAL STORMS...2 HURRICANES...AND 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 40 PERCENT OF NORMAL.

SO FAR THIS SEASON...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY OBSERVED TO
DATE IS ABOUT 75 PERCENT OF 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/2010EPAC.SHTML

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME                 DATES        MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS AGATHA           29-30 MAY          45
TD TWO-E            16-17 JUN          35
TS BLAS             17-21 JUN          65
MH CELIA            19-29 JUN         160
MH DARBY            23-28 JUN         120
TD SIX-E            14-16 JUL          35
TS ESTELLE           6-10 AUG          65
TD EIGHT-E          20-22 AUG          35
H  FRANK            21-28 AUG          90
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FORECASTER BERG