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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SAT SEP 01 2012

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

EIGHT TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH
OF AUGUST. THIS TIES THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF NAMED
STORMS FORMING IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST...WHICH WAS SET IN 2004. FOUR
OF THE TROPICAL STORMS BECAME HURRICANES DURING THE MONTH. THESE
TOTALS WERE WELL ABOVE THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE (1981 TO 2010) OF
THREE NAMED STORMS...WITH ONE OR TWO HURRICANES. NO MAJOR
HURRICANES OCCURRED THIS AUGUST...WHILE A MAJOR HURRICANE TYPICALLY
OCCURS IN AUGUST ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.

IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED
STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL
CYCLONE ACTIVITY SO FAR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 50 PERCENT ABOVE THE
1981-2010 AVERAGE THROUGH THE END OF THE AUGUST IN THE ATLANTIC
BASIN.

REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS...
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2012ATLAN.SHTML

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS ALBERTO 19-22 MAY 60
TS BERYL 26-30 MAY 70
H CHRIS 19-22 JUN 75
TS DEBBY 23-27 JUN 60
H ERNESTO 1-10 AUG 85
TS FLORENCE 4-6 AUG 60
H GORDON 15-20 AUG 110
TS HELENE 9-18 AUG 45
H ISAAC 21 AUG- 80
TS JOYCE 22-24 AUG 40
H KIRK 28 AUG- 105
TS LESLIE 30 AUG- 70
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