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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1000 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
NO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN
DURING NOVEMBER. THIS IS TYPICAL...AS DURING THE 30-YEAR PERIOD
FROM 1981 TO 2010...A NAMED STORM FORMS IN THE BASIN IN NOVEMBER
ONLY ABOUT ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
FOR THE 2012 EAST PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON...17 NAMED STORMS
FORMED...OF WHICH 10 BECAME HURRICANES. FIVE OF THOSE HURRICANES
REACHED MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS. THESE VALUES ARE A LITTLE ABOVE THE
LONG-TERM (1981-2010) AVERAGE VALUES OF 15 NAMED STORMS...9
HURRICANES AND 4 MAJOR HURRICANES. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE
ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF
TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN NORTH
PACIFIC BASIN DURING 2012 WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE LONG-TERM MEDIAN.
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* 20-26 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 45
H ILEANA 27 AUG-2 SEP 80
TS JOHN* 2-4 SEP 40
TS KRISTY 12-17 SEP 60
H LANE 15-19 SEP 80
MH MIRIAM 22-27 SEP 120
TS NORMAN 28-29 SEP 45
TS OLIVIA 6-9 OCT 60
MH PAUL 13-17 OCT 120
TS ROSA 30 OCT-4 NOV 60
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE.
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HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT
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