East Pacific Summary for November 2014
Monthly Summary

000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011456 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THREE NAMED STORMS FORMED IN THE BASIN DURING OCTOBER...AND ONE OF THESE...SIMON...BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE. BASED ON A 30-YEAR (1981-2010) CLIMATOLOGY...TWO NAMED STORMS FORM IN THE BASIN IN OCTOBER...WITH ONE BECOMING A HURRICANE. A MAJOR HURRICANE FORMS IN OCTOBER ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER YEAR. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES... ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN SO FAR IN 2014 IS ABOUT 36 PERCENT ABOVE THE 1981-2010 AVERAGE VALUE. THIS YEAR HAS THE EIGHTH HIGHEST ACE VALUE THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER IN THE BASIN SINCE RELIABLE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1971. 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) --------------------------------------------------- MH AMANDA* 22-29 MAY 155 TS BORIS* 2-4 JUN 45 MH CRISTINA* 9-15 JUN 150 TS DOUGLAS 28 JUN-5 JUL 45 TS ELIDA* 30 JUN-2 JUL 50 TS FAUSTO* 7-9 JUL 45 MH GENEVIEVE 25 JUL-13 AUG** 160 H HERNAN* 26-29 JUL 75 MH ISELLE 31 JUL-9 AUG** 140 MH JULIO 4-15 AUG** 120 H KARINA 13-26 AUG 80 H LOWELL 18-24 AUG 75 MH MARIE 22-29 AUG 160 MH NORBERT 2-8 SEP 120 MH ODILE 10-17 SEP 135 TD SIXTEEN-E 11-15 SEP 35 H POLO 16-22 SEP 75 H RACHEL 24-30 SEP 85 MH SIMON 1-7 OCT 130 TS TRUDY 17-18 OCT 60 TS VANCE 30 OCT - 45 --------------------------------------------------- * DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. ** DATES INCLUDE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE STAGE IN THE CENTRAL AND/OR WESTERN PACIFIC BASINS. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT
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