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ABNT30 KNHC 011156
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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT FRI JUL 01 2016

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Two tropical cyclones, Tropical Storms Colin and Danielle, formed
in the Atlantic basin in June.  A third tropical storm, Bonnie,
formed and dissipated at the end of May, but after regeneration, it
attained tropical storm status for a second time in early June.
Based on a 30-year (1981-2010) climatology, a named storm forms in
the basin in June about every other year, with a hurricane forming
once every seven or eight years.

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season had an early start with the rare
January formation of Hurricane Alex.  In addition, Colin and
Danielle were the earliest third and fourth named storms,
respectively, to form in a season.  In terms of the Accumulated
Cyclone Energy (ACE), which measures the combined strength and
duration of tropical storms and hurricanes, activity in the Atlantic
basin so far in 2016 is above normal.

Reports on individual cyclones, when completed, are available at the
National Hurricane Center website at
www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/index.php?season=2016&basin=atl .

Summary Table

Name                 Dates         Max Wind (mph)
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H  Alex            13-15 Jan            85
TS Bonnie      27 May- 4 Jun            45
TS Colin            5- 7 Jun            50
TS Danielle        19-21 Jun            45
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* Denotes a storm for which the post-storm analysis is complete.

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Hurricane Specialist Unit