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Monthly Tropical Weather Summary

Statement as of 7:00 am PST on November 01, 2009

for the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude..

Tropical cyclone activity during October was above average with three tropical storms...one of which strengthened into a major hurricane. The long-term averages are two tropical storms and one hurricane...with a major hurricane occurring about every other year. In terms of the accumulated cyclone energy...a combined measure of the strength and duration of tropical storms and hurricanes...October was 59 percent above the long-term mean...due in large part to Hurricane Rick. Of note...Rick became the second strongest eastern Pacific hurricane after Hurricane Linda of 1997 and the strongest hurricane during the month of October since the beginning of reliable records.

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/2009epac.Shtml

Summary table

Name dates Max wind (mph) ------------------------------------------------- TD one-E 18-19 Jun 35 h Andres 21-24 Jun 80 ts Blanca 6-9 Jul 50 h Carlos 10-16 Jul 105 ts Dolores 15-17 Jul 50 ts lana* 30 Jul-3 Aug 65 ts Enrique 3-7 Aug 65 mh Felicia 4-11 Aug 140 TD nine-E 9-11 Aug 35 mh Guillermo 12-20 Aug 125 ts Hilda 22-28 Aug 65 ts Ignacio 24-27 Aug 50 mh Jimena 29 Aug-4 Sep 155 ts Kevin 29 Aug-1 Sep 50 h Linda 7-11 Sep 80 ts Marty 16-19 Sep 45 ts Nora 23-25 Sep 60 ts Olaf 1-4 Oct 45 ts Patricia 11-14 Oct 60 mh Rick 14-21 Oct 180 -------------------------------------------------

*lana developed from Tropical Depression Six-E that formed in the eastern Pacific basin. However...it did not reach tropical storm strength until moving into the central Pacific basin. Therefore it was given a name from the central Pacific basin list of names.

$$ Hurricane specialists unit

for the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude..

Tropical cyclone activity during October was above average with
three tropical storms...one of which strengthened into a major
hurricane. The long-term averages are two tropical storms and one
hurricane...with a major hurricane occurring about every other
year. In terms of the accumulated cyclone energy...a combined
measure of the strength and duration of tropical storms and
hurricanes...October was 59 percent above the long-term mean...due
in large part to Hurricane Rick. Of note...Rick became the second
strongest eastern Pacific hurricane after Hurricane Linda of 1997
and the strongest hurricane during the month of October since the
beginning of reliable records.

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/2009epac.Shtml

Summary table

Name dates Max wind (mph)
-------------------------------------------------
TD one-E 18-19 Jun 35
h Andres 21-24 Jun 80
ts Blanca 6-9 Jul 50
h Carlos 10-16 Jul 105
ts Dolores 15-17 Jul 50
ts lana* 30 Jul-3 Aug 65
ts Enrique 3-7 Aug 65
mh Felicia 4-11 Aug 140
TD nine-E 9-11 Aug 35
mh Guillermo 12-20 Aug 125
ts Hilda 22-28 Aug 65
ts Ignacio 24-27 Aug 50
mh Jimena 29 Aug-4 Sep 155
ts Kevin 29 Aug-1 Sep 50
h Linda 7-11 Sep 80
ts Marty 16-19 Sep 45
ts Nora 23-25 Sep 60
ts Olaf 1-4 Oct 45
ts Patricia 11-14 Oct 60
mh Rick 14-21 Oct 180
-------------------------------------------------

*lana developed from Tropical Depression Six-E that formed in the
eastern Pacific basin. However...it did not reach tropical storm
strength until moving into the central Pacific basin. Therefore it
was given a name from the central Pacific basin list of names.

$$
Hurricane specialists unit