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ABPZ30 KNHC 011449
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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT SAT OCT 1 2011
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
ONLY ONE NAMED STORM...HILARY...FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC
BASIN DURING SEPTEMBER...BUT IT BECAME A LONG-LIVED MAJOR HURRICANE.
THIS IS WELL BELOW THE LONG-TERM (1971-2010) AVERAGES OF ABOUT
THREE TROPICAL STORMS AND TWO HURRICANES FOR SEPTEMBER BUT NEAR THE
AVERAGE OF ONE MAJOR HURRICANE. ALSO...ONE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FORMED ON THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST AND DISSIPATED ON THE FIRST DAY OF
SEPTEMBER. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH
MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND
HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER WAS ABOUT
FIFTEEN 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/2011EPAC.SHTML
NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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MH ADRIAN 7-12 JUN 140
H BEATRIZ 19-22 JUN 90
H CALVIN 7-10 JUL 80
MH DORA 18-24 JUL 155
MH EUGENE 31 JUL-6 AUG 140
TS FERNANDA 15-19 AUG 65
H GREG 16-21 AUG 85
TD EIGHT-E 31 AUG-1 SEP 35
MH HILARY 21-30 SEP 145
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