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For the eastern North Pacific, east of 140 degrees west longitude:One tropical storm (raymond) and one tropical depression (twenty one-e) formed in the basin in November. Although the long-term average is one tropical storm forms in the basin every second or third year, this is the second straight November with at least one named storm forming. In fact, named storms have formed in November in five of the past six years.Overall, the 2019 eastern Pacific hurricane season featured near average activity. There were seventeen named storms, of which seven became hurricanes and four became major hurricanes - category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. This compares to the long-term averages of fifteen named storms, eight hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. There were also two tropical depressions that did not reach tropical storm strength. In terms of accumulated cyclone energy (ace), which measures the strength and duration of tropical storms and hurricanes, activity in the basin in 2019 was a little below the long-term mean.Reports on individual cyclones, when completed, are available at the National Hurricane Center website at: www.Hurricanes.Gov/data/tcr/index.Php?Season=2019&basin=epacSummary tableName dates Max wind (mph) --------------------------------------------------- h Alvin 25-29 Jun 75* mh Barbara 30 Jun- 5 Jul 155* ts Cosme 6- 7 Jul 50* TD four-E 12-13 Jul 35* ts Dalila 22-25 Jul 45* mh Erick 27 Jul- 4 Aug 130*/** h Flossie 28 Jul- 5 Aug 80 ts Gil 3- 4 Aug 40 ts Henriette 12-13 Aug 45* ts Ivo 21-25 Aug 70* mh Juliette 1- 7 Sep 125 ts Akoni 4- 6 Sep 45**/*** mh Kiko 12-24 Sep 130 h Lorena 17-22 Sep 85* ts mario 17-23 Sep 65 ts Narda Sep 29- 1 Oct 50 ts Octave 18-19 Oct 45 ts Priscilla 20-21 Oct 40 ts Raymond 15-17 Nov 55 TD twenty-one-E 16-18 Nov 35 ---------------------------------------------------* denotes a storm for which nhc's Post-storm analysis is complete. ** Maximum winds occurred in the central Pacific basin. *** First became a tropical depression in the eastern Pacific$$ hurricane specialist unit
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