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ABPZ30 KNHC 011439
TWSEP 
 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT SUN SEP 01 2013
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
 
OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN
DURING AUGUST WAS BELOW AVERAGE.  ALTHOUGH FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES
FORMED...ONLY ONE OF THESE...HENRIETTE...REACHED HURRICANE
STRENGTH.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR HURRICANES IN THE EASTERN NORTH
PACIFIC BASIN SO FAR THIS SEASON. BASED ON A 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGY
FROM 1981 TO 2010...THREE TO FOUR NAMED STORMS DEVELOP ON AVERAGE
IN THE BASIN DURING AUGUST...WITH TWO BECOMING HURRICANES AND ONE
REACHING MAJOR HURRICANE STRENGTH. 

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 40 PERCENT BELOW NORMAL. 

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-             70
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. 

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HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT