840 ABPZ30 KNHC 010541 TWSEP 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) --------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------- * DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT
