Atlantic Summary for October 2014
Monthly Summary

000 ABNT30 KNHC 011147 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2014 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... ONLY TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN IN SEPTEMBER. ONE OF THESE...EDOUARD...BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE. BASED ON A 30-YEAR (1981-2010) CLIMATOLOGY...FOUR NAMED STORMS TYPICALLY FORM IN THE BASIN IN SEPTEMBER...WITH TWO OR THREE OF THOSE 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...ACTIVITY IN THE BASIN SO FAR IN 2014 HAS ONLY BEEN ABOUT 43 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/2014ATLAN.SHTML SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) --------------------------------------------------- H ARTHUR 1-5 JUL 100 TD TWO 21-23 JUL 35 H BERTHA 1-6 AUG 80 H CRISTOBAL 23-29 AUG 85 TS DOLLY 1-3 SEP 50 MH EDOUARD 11-19 SEP 115 --------------------------------------------------- * DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT
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