000 ABNT30 KNHC 011156 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT FRI OCT 01 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... EIGHT TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THREE OF THESE STORMS...IGOR...JULIA...AND KARL... BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES...AND LISA REACHED HURRICANE STATUS. THESE NUMBERS ARE WELL ABOVE THE LONG-TERM (1944-2009) AVERAGES OF 4 TROPICAL STORMS...2 HURRICANES...AND ABOUT 1 MAJOR HURRICANE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. ALSO...THE FORMATION OF EIGHT NAMED STORMS TIES 2002 FOR THE RECORD NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS FORMING IN THE MONTH 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 78 PERCENT ABOVE AVERAGE. SO FAR THIS SEASON...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY TO DATE IS ABOUT 53 PERCENT ABOVE THE LONG-TERM MEDIAN. 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-5 SEP 145 TS FIONA 30 AUG-4 SEP 60 TS GASTON 1-2 SEP 40 TS HERMINE 6-8 SEP 65 MH IGOR 8-21 SEP 155 MH JULIA 12-20 SEP 135 MH KARL 14-18 SEP 120 H LISA 21-26 SEP 80 TS MATTHEW 23-26 SEP 60 TS NICOLE 28-29 SEP 40 $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BRENNAN/BLAKE