Tropical Weather Monthly Summary - Storm Names - Dates - Max Wind Speeds - Atlantic Basin

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ABNT30 KNHC 010539
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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2012
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
 
NO TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH
OF NOVEMBER. ON AVERAGE A TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE BASIN DURING
NOVEMBER IN TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE YEARS...WITH A HURRICANE FORMING
ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.  
FOR THE 2012 ATLANTIC SEASON...19 NAMED STORMS FORMED...OF WHICH 10
BECAME HURRICANES. ONE OF THOSE HURRICANES...MICHAEL...REACHED
MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS. ACTIVITY FOR 2012 WAS WELL ABOVE THE 30-YEAR
(1981-2010) AVERAGE FOR NAMED STORMS AND HURRICANES...AND BELOW
AVERAGE FOR MAJOR HURRICANES. THE 1981-2010 SEASONAL AVERAGES
FOR THE ATLANTIC BASIN ARE 12 NAMED STORMS...6 HURRICANES AND 3
MAJOR HURRICANES. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH
MEASURES THE COMBINED STRENGTH AND DURATION OF TROPICAL STORMS AND
HURRICANES...TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING
2012 WAS ABOUT 40 PERCENT ABOVE THE 1981-2010 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/2012ATLAN.SHTML
SUMMARY TABLE
NAME                DATES         MAX WIND (MPH)
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TS ALBERTO          19-22 MAY         60
TS BERYL            26-30 MAY         70
H  CHRIS            19-22 JUN         75
TS DEBBY            23-27 JUN         60
H  ERNESTO           1-10 AUG         85
TS FLORENCE*          3-6 AUG         60
H  GORDON           15-20 AUG        110
TS HELENE            9-18 AUG         45
H  ISAAC         21 AUG-1 SEP         80
TS JOYCE            22-24 AUG         40
H  KIRK          28 AUG-2 SEP        105
H  LESLIE       30 AUG-11 SEP         75
MH MICHAEL           3-11 SEP        115
H  NADINE        11 SEP-4 OCT         90 
TS OSCAR              3-5 OCT         50
TS PATTY            11-13 OCT         45
H  RAFAEL           12-17 OCT         90
H  SANDY            22-29 OCT        110
TS TONY             22-25 OCT         50
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* DENOTES A STORM FOR WHICH THE POST-STORM ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. 
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