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ABPZ30 KNHC 011505
TWSEP 
 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT SAT SEP 01 2012
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
 
TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING
AUGUST WAS SOMEWHAT BELOW AVERAGE. THREE NAMED STORMS FORMED...TWO
OF WHICH BECAME HURRICANES...BUT THERE WERE NO MAJOR HURRICANES.
BASED ON A 30-YEAR AVERAGE FROM 1981 TO 2010...THREE TO FOUR NAMED
STORMS DEVELOP IN THE BASIN EVERY YEAR DURING AUGUST...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 VERY CLOSE TO THE LONG-TERM 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           50
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
H  GILMA            7-11 AUG           80
TS HECTOR          11-17 AUG           50
H  ILEANA          27-   AUG           85
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE.

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HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT