ABPZ30 KNHC 011219 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PST WED DEC 01 2010 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY DURING THE 2010 EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON WAS WELL BELOW AVERAGE. ONLY SEVEN NAMED STORMS FORMED...OF WHICH THREE BECAME HURRICANES AND TWO BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES. THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES ARE 15 NAMED STORMS...9 HURRICANES AND 4 MAJOR HURRICANES. THERE WERE ALSO FIVE TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS THAT DID NOT REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES... ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN WAS ONLY ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE LONG-TERM MEDIAN. THE SEVEN NAMED STORMS OBSERVED IN 2010 WAS THE LOWEST NUMBER OBSERVED SINCE THE ADVENT OF ROUTINE SATELLITE IMAGERY IN THE BASIN IN 1971. THE TOTAL OF THREE HURRICANES WAS ALSO THE LOWEST NUMBER OBSERVED SINCE 1971. THE ACE VALUE FOR 2010 WAS THE THIRD LOWEST SINCE 1971...AHEAD OF ONLY 2007 AND 1977. 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) ------------------------------------------------- TS AGATHA 29-30 MAY 45 TD TWO-E 16-17 JUN 35 TS BLAS 17-21 JUN 65 MH CELIA 18-28 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 TD TEN-E 3-4 SEP 35 TD ELEVEN-E 3-4 SEP 35 TS GEORGETTE 21-23 SEP 40 $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT
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