September Monthly Tropical Weather Summary

[HURAKAN]

054
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

[Stormcenter]

I'll take 30 more Septembers like this past one any season.

[HURAKAN]

MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT FRI OCT 01 2010

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

ONE TROPICAL STORM AND TWO TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS FORMED IN THE
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN DURING SEPTEMBER. THESE NUMBERS ARE
WELL BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES OF 3 TROPICAL STORMS...2
HURRICANES...AND 1 MAJOR HURRICANE. IN FACT...SINCE THE SATELLITE
ERA BEGAN IN 1971...THIS IS THE QUIETEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD IN
TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...ACE...WHICH MEASURES THE
COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES.

SO FAR THIS SEASON...OVERALL TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY OBSERVED TO
DATE IS ABOUT 46 PERCENT OF 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/2010EPAC.SHTML

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
-------------------------------------------------
TS AGATHA 29-30 MAY 45
TD TWO-E 16-17 JUN 35
TS BLAS 17-21 JUN 65
MH CELIA 19-29 JUN 160
MH DARBY 23-28 JUN 120
TD SIX-E 14-16 JUL 35
TS ESTELLE 6-10 AUG 65
TD EIGHT-E 20-22 AUG 35
H FRANK 21-28 AUG 90
TD TEN-E 3-4 SEP 35
TD ELEVEN-E 3-4 SEP 35
TS GEORGETTE 21-23 SEP 40

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FORECASTER BRENNAN

[HURAKAN]

I wrote this in facebook and wanted to share it so you can see how active September was.

The month of September produced 8 tropical storms, 4 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes. Also had an ACE of 83.22. In comparison, the entire season of 2009 had 9 tropical storms, 3 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes. The ACE reached only 51.6. ACE is accumulated cyclone energy or the energy that a tropical cyclone uses during its lifetime.

[CrazyC83]

The EPAC has been pretty much dead since July...if it weren't for the really fast start, we'd have the slowest season on record there...