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Atlantic Monthly Tropical Weather Summary
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ABNT30 KNHC 011237
TWSAT
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EST MON DEC 1 2014
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
NO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE BASIN IN NOVEMBER. BASED ON A
30-YEAR (1981-2010) CLIMATOLOGY...A NAMED STORM FORMS IN THE
BASIN IN NOVEMBER IN ABOUT 7 OUT OF 10 YEARS...WITH A HURRICANE
FORMING ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER YEAR.
FOR THE 2014 SEASON OVERALL...EIGHT NAMED STORMS FORMED IN THE
BASIN. SIX OF THOSE BECAME HURRICANES AND TWO OF THOSE REACHED MAJOR
HURRICANE STATUS. IN ADDITION...ONE UNNAMED DEPRESSION FORMED. BASED
ON A 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGY...THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IN THE
BASIN IS 12 NAMED STORMS...6 HURRICANES...AND 3 MAJOR HURRICANES.
FOR 2014...THE NUMBER OF NAMED STORMS WAS BELOW AVERAGE...BUT THE
NUMBER OF HURRICANES AND MAJOR HURRICANES WAS NEAR AVERAGE.
IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH MEASURES THE COMBINED
STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...ACTIVITY
IN THE BASIN IN 2014 WAS ONLY ABOUT 63 PERCENT OF THE 1981-2010
AVERAGE.
REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS...
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/2014ATLAN.SHTML
SUMMARY TABLE
NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
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H ARTHUR 1-5 JUL 100
TD TWO* 21-23 JUL 35
H BERTHA 1-6 AUG 80
H CRISTOBAL 23-29 AUG 85
TS DOLLY 1-3 SEP 50
MH EDOUARD 11-19 SEP 115
H FAY 10-13 OCT 75
MH GONZALO 12-19 OCT 145
TS HANNA 22-28 OCT 40
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE.
$$
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