000
ABPZ30 KNHC 011439
TWSEP 
 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT TUE OCT 1 2013
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
 
TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING
SEPTEMBER WAS WELL BELOW AVERAGE.  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 SEPTEMBER IS ABOUT 50 PERCENT BELOW THE 1981-2010
AVERAGE. 

ONLY TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN SEPTEMBER...WITH ONE REACHING
HURRICANE STRENGTH.  BASED ON A 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGY FROM 1981 TO
2010...THREE OR FOUR NAMED STORMS DEVELOP ON AVERAGE IN THE BASIN
DURING SEPTEMBER...WITH TWO BECOMING HURRICANES AND ONE REACHING
MAJOR HURRICANE STRENGTH. 

THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY MAJOR HURRICANES IN THE EASTERN NORTH
PACIFIC BASIN SO FAR THIS SEASON.  THE LAST TIME THAT A MAJOR
HURRICANE DID NOT FORM IN THE BASIN BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER WAS
2003.  

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)
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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          13-20 SEP           75 
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. 

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HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT