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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT WED AUG 1 2012
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
 
TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING
JULY WAS ABOVE AVERAGE...WITH THREE HURRICANES FORMING...OF WHICH
TWO BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES. BASED ON A 30-YEAR AVERAGE FROM 1981
TO 2010...THREE TO FOUR NAMED STORMS DEVELOP IN THE BASIN EVERY
YEAR DURING JULY...WITH TWO REACHING HURRICANE INTENSITY AND
ONE BECOMING A MAJOR HURRICANE.

IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE
COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...
ACTIVITY SO FAR THIS SEASON IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE.

REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS...
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2012EPAC.SHTML

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME                DATES         MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS ALETTA          14-19 MAY           45
MH BUD             21-26 MAY          115
H  CARLOTTA        14-16 JUN          105
MH DANIEL           4-12 JUL          115
MH EMILIA           7-15 JUL          140
H  FABIO           12-18 JUL          105
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