East Pacific Summary for October 2020
Monthly Summary

000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011655 TWSEP Monthly Tropical Weather Summary NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM PDT Thu Oct 1 2020 For the eastern North Pacific, east of 140 degrees west longitude: Tropical cyclone activity in the eastern North Pacific basin during the month of September was slightly below average in terms of the number of hurricanes that occurred. During the month, four tropical storms formed, but only one reached hurricane strength. Based on a 30-year (1981-2010) climatology, three-to-four named storms typically form in the basin in September, with two of those becoming hurricanes and one reaching major hurricane intensity. In terms of Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE), which measures the strength and duration of tropical storms and hurricanes, activity in the basin so far in 2020 has been rather quiet, about 60 percent below the long-term average. Reports on individual cyclones, when completed, are available at the National Hurricane Center website at: www.hurricanes.gov/data/tcr/index.php?season=2020&basin=epac Summary Table Name Dates Max Wind (mph) --------------------------------------------------- TD One-E 25-26 Apr 35* TS Amanda 30-31 May 40* TS Boris 24-27 Jun 40 TD Four-E 30 Jun 35 TS Cristina 6-12 Jul 70 TD Six-E 13-14 Jul 35 TD Seven-E 20-21 Jul 35 MH Douglas 20-29 Jul 130 H Elida 9-12 Aug 100 TD Ten-E 13-16 Aug 35 TS Fausto 16-17 Aug 40 MH Genevieve 16-21 Aug 130 TS Hernan 26-28 Aug 45 TS Iselle 26-30 Aug 60 TS Julio 5-7 Sep 45 TS Karina 13-16 Sep 60 TS Lowell 20-25 Sep 50 H Marie 29 Sep- 75 --------------------------------------------------- * Denotes a storm for which the post-storm analysis is complete. $$ Hurricane Specialist Unit
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