Monthly Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Summary

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ABPZ30 KNHC 011459
TWSEP 

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

FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..

TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING
SEPTEMBER WAS ABOVE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF NAMED STORMS...AND AVERAGE
IN TERMS OF HURRICANES AND MAJOR HURRICANES.  FIVE NAMED STORMS
FORMED WITH TWO BECOMING HURRICANES...AND ONE OF THOSE BECOMING A
MAJOR HURRICANE.   BASED ON A 30-YEAR AVERAGE FROM 1981 TO 2010...
ABOUT THREE NAMED STORMS DEVELOP IN THE BASIN EVERY YEAR DURING
SEPTEMBER...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...
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-2 SEP           85
TS JOHN              2-4 SEP           40 
TS KRISTY          12-17 SEP           60 
H  LANE            15-19 SEP           80
MH MIRIAM          22-27 SEP          120
TS NORMAN          28-29 SEP           45
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE.

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