599 ABPZ30 KNHC 011420 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. JULY WAS A RELATIVELY INACTIVE MONTH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN. ONLY TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES...TWO FEWER THAN NORMAL...FORMED DURING THE MONTH. DORA FORMED ON 4 JULY ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO...AND THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY ABOUT 90 N MI SOUTHEAST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO. DORA MOVED NORTHWESTWARD AND CAME WITHIN 35 N MI OF THE MEXICAN COAST NEAR ZIHUATANEJO BEFORE TURNING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND PARALLELING THE COASTLINE ON 5 JULY. DORA TURNED WESTWARD AWAY FROM MEXICO ON 6 JULY AND WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION OVER COOLER WATERS. DORA DISSIPATED EARLY ON 7 JULY ABOUT 150 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. EUGENE FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE ON 18 JULY ABOUT 220 N MI SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. THE STORM MOVED GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF MEXICO FOR ABOUT A DAY...AND REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 60 KT WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 180 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES. EUGENE SOON WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER COOLER WATERS AND IT WAS REDUCED TO A REMNANT LOW ABOUT 100 N MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS LATE ON 20 JULY. THE REMNANT LOW CONTINUED NORTHWESTWARD AND DISSIPATED BY 22 JULY. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (KT) DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------- TS DORA 4-6 JUL 35 0 TS EUGENE 18-20 JUL 60 0 ------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) FORECASTER FRANKLIN/STEWART/PASCH $$