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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT MON OCT 01 2012

CORRECTED LESLIE STATUS TO HURRICANE

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

TWO TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH
OF SEPTEMBER. BOTH OF THESE REACHED HURRICANE STATUS...WHILE MICHAEL
BECAME THE FIRST MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE ATLANTIC SEASON. THESE
TOTALS WERE BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE (1981 TO 2010) OF FOUR
NAMED STORMS AND NEAR THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES OF TWO TO THREE
HURRICANES AND ONE OR TWO MAJOR HURRICANES.

IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED
STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL
CYCLONE ACTIVITY SO FAR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 50 PERCENT ABOVE THE
1981-2010 AVERAGE THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER IN THE ATLANTIC
BASIN.

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

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS ALBERTO 19-22 MAY 60
TS BERYL 26-30 MAY 70
H CHRIS 19-22 JUN 75
TS DEBBY 23-27 JUN 60
H ERNESTO 1-10 AUG 85
TS FLORENCE 4-6 AUG 60
H GORDON 15-20 AUG 110
TS HELENE 9-18 AUG 45
H ISAAC 21 AUG-1 SEP 80
TS JOYCE 22-24 AUG 40
H KIRK 28 AUG-2 SEP 105
H LESLIE 30 AUG-11 SEP 75
MH MICHAEL 3-11 SEP 115
H NADINE 11 SEP- 90
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