000 ABNT30 KNHC 011146 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM BARRY...FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING JUNE. IN ADDITION...SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA DEVELOPED IN MAY OFF THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF FLORIDA. THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO NAMED STORMS PRIOR TO THE END OF JUNE IS NOT AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. 2007 MARKS THE TWENTY-THIRD SEASON SINCE ATLANTIC BASIN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1851 THAT TWO OR MORE NAMED STORMS HAVE FORMED PRIOR TO THE END OF JUNE. ANDREA ORIGINATED FROM A STRONG EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAD FORMED OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS ON 6 MAY...AND GRADUALLY ACQUIRED SOME TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ANDREA BECAME A SUBTROPICAL STORM WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AT 0600 UTC 9 MAY. NORTHERLY WIND SHEAR AND DRY AIR CAUSED ANDREA TO WEAKEN BELOW STORM STRENGTH BY 1200 UTC 10 MAY AND TO DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW ON 11 MAY. THE REMNANT LOW LATER BECAME ABSORBED BY A FRONT ON 14 MAY. TROPICAL STORM BARRY FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT SPAWNED A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ON 30 MAY. THE LOW MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ON 31 MAY AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY GRADUALLY BECAME MORE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE CENTER EARLY ON 1 JUNE. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO IMPROVE AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED AT 1200 UTC 1 JUNE...JUST NORTHWEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA. SIX HOURS LATER THE DEPRESSION STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM. BARRY REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 60 MPH AT 0000 UTC 2 JUNE WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 150 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. THEREAFTER...STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS RESULTED IN WEAKENING AND BARRY MADE LANDFALL IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AROUND 1400 UTC 2 JUNE. BARRY QUICKLY LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BECAME AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW WHILE LOCATED OVER EASTERN GEORGIA EARLY ON 3 JUNE. THE EXTRATROPICAL LOW INTENSIFIED AND MOVED NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. THE LOW WAS ABSORBED BY A LARGER EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM NEAR THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ON 5 JUNE. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DEATHS OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH BARRY. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND DEATHS U.S. DAMAGE MPH $MILLION --------------------------------------------------------------- STS ANDREA 9-11 MAY 50 0 MINOR TS BARRY 1- 2 JUN 60 0 MINOR -------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) $$ FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB/RHOME/AVILA/PASCH