Tropical Weather Summary
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ABNT30 KNHC 011156
TWSAT
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT FRI OCT 01 2010
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
EIGHT TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH
OF SEPTEMBER. THREE OF THESE STORMS...IGOR...JULIA...AND KARL...
BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES...AND LISA REACHED HURRICANE STATUS. THESE
NUMBERS ARE WELL ABOVE THE LONG-TERM (1944-2009) AVERAGES OF 4
TROPICAL STORMS...2 HURRICANES...AND ABOUT 1 MAJOR HURRICANE FOR THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. ALSO...THE FORMATION OF EIGHT NAMED STORMS
TIES 2002 FOR THE RECORD NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS FORMING IN THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...
ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL
STORMS AND HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER WAS
ABOUT 78 PERCENT ABOVE AVERAGE.
SO FAR THIS SEASON...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY TO DATE IS
ABOUT 53 PERCENT ABOVE 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.NHC.NOAA.GOV/2010ATLAN.SHTML
SUMMARY TABLE
NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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H ALEX 25 JUN-2 JUL 105
TD TWO 7-8 JUL 35
TS BONNIE 22-24 JUL 40
TS COLIN 2-8 AUG 60
TD FIVE 10-11 AUG 35
MH DANIELLE 21-31 AUG 135
MH EARL 25 AUG-5 SEP 145
TS FIONA 30 AUG-4 SEP 60
TS GASTON 1-2 SEP 40
TS HERMINE 6-8 SEP 65
MH IGOR 8-21 SEP 155
MH JULIA 12-20 SEP 135
MH KARL 14-18 SEP 120
H LISA 21-26 SEP 80
TS MATTHEW 23-26 SEP 60
TS NICOLE 28-29 SEP 40
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BRENNAN/BLAKE