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ABPZ30 KNHC 031119
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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PST JUN 01 2014

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

ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...HURRICANE AMANDA...FORMED DURING MAY AND
EVENTUALLY BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE.  AMANDA WAS THE STRONGEST
HURRICANE EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY (RECORDS SINCE
1971)...BEATING THE FORMER RECORD HOLDER OF ADOLPH (2001).  IN TERMS
OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH
AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...2014 HAD THE
HIGHEST ACE ON RECORD (SINCE 1971) FOR THE MONTH OF MAY...
ECLIPSING THE RECORD OF 2001.

REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS...
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2014EPAC.SHTML

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME                DATES         MAX WIND (MPH)
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MH AMANDA          22-29 MAY           155
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE.

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