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

FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..

TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING
AUGUST WAS SOMEWHAT BELOW AVERAGE. THREE NAMED STORMS FORMED...TWO
OF WHICH BECAME HURRICANES...BUT THERE WERE NO MAJOR HURRICANES.
BASED ON A 30-YEAR AVERAGE FROM 1981 TO 2010...THREE TO FOUR NAMED
STORMS DEVELOP IN THE BASIN EVERY YEAR DURING AUGUST...WITH TWO
REACHING HURRICANE INTENSITY AND ONE BECOMING A MAJOR HURRICANE.

IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE
COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...
ACTIVITY SO FAR THIS SEASON IS VERY CLOSE TO THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE.

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

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS ALETTA* 14-19 MAY 50
MH BUD 21-26 MAY 115
H CARLOTTA 14-16 JUN 105
MH DANIEL 4-12 JUL 115
MH EMILIA 7-15 JUL 140
H FABIO 12-18 JUL 105
H GILMA 7-11 AUG 80
TS HECTOR 11-17 AUG 50
H ILEANA 27- AUG 85
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE.

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