Monthly Atlantic Tropical Weather Summary

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ABNT30 KNHC 020021
TWSAT 

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...
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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