East Pacific Summary for November 2013
Monthly Summary

000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011650 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT FRI NOV 1 2013 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING OCTOBER WAS ABOVE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF STORMS...WITH FOUR TROPICAL STORMS FORMING. ONE OF THOSE STORMS...RAYMOND... BECAME THE FIRST MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC SEASON. BASED ON A 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGY FROM 1981 TO 2010...ABOUT TWO NAMED STORMS DEVELOP IN THE BASIN EVERY YEAR DURING OCTOBER... WITH ONE REACHING HURRICANE INTENSITY. A MAJOR HURRICANE OCCURS IN THE BASIN IN OCTOBER ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER YEAR. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER IS ABOUT 58 PERCENT OF THE 1981-2010 AVERAGE. REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS... WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2013EPAC.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) --------------------------------------------------- TS ALVIN* 15-17 MAY 60 H BARBARA* 28-30 MAY 80 H COSME* 23-27 JUN 85 H DALILA 30 JUN-7 JUL 75 H ERICK* 4-9 JUL 80 TS FLOSSIE 25-30 JUL 70 H GIL 30 JUL-6 AUG 85 H HENRIETTE 3-11 AUG 105 TS IVO 22-25 AUG 45 TS JULIETTE 28-29 AUG 50 TS KIKO 31 AUG-2 SEP 70 TS LORENA 5-7 SEP 45 H MANUEL 13-19 SEP 75 TS NARDA 6-10 OCT 65 TS OCTAVE 13-15 OCT 65 TS PRISCILLA 14-17 OCT 45 MH RAYMOND 20-30 OCT 125 --------------------------------------------------- * DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT
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