MIATWSEPHOMEARCHIVESFORECASTSIMAGERYABOUT TPCRECONNAISSANCE 411 ABPZ30 KNHC 011351 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM PDT TUE OCT 1 2002 SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR SEPTEMBER 2002... FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE... THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED DURING SEPTEMBER...TROPICAL STORMS ISELLE AND JULIO AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN-E. TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES THAT FORMED IN AUGUST LASTED INTO SEPTEMBER... TROPICAL STORM GENEVIEVE AND HURRICANE HERNAN. GENEVIEVE HAD ALREADY WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION ON 30 AUGUST AND DISSIPATED EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AS A NON-CONVECTIVE REMNANT LOW ABOUT 950 N MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. HERNAN HAD A TYPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC TRACK. IT STARTED AT THE END OF AUGUST WHEN A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ABOUT 350 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. THE CYCLONE MOVED GENERALLY WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWESTWARD FROM AUGUST 30TH TO SEPEMBER 6TH WHEN IT DISSIPATED ABOUT 800 N MI WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. IT STRENGTHENED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST WHEN IT REACHED SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 140 KNOTS. IT THEN WEAKENED UNTIL DISSIPATION. TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN-E FORMED ABOUT 260 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON THE 5TH. IT MOVED NORTHWESTWARD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WHILE THREATENING SOUTHERN BAJA ON THE 6TH. THE DEPRESSION MOVED SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY WHILE WEAKENING ON THE 7TH. IT THEN TURNED NORTHWARD AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 220 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON THE 8TH. ISELLE DEVELOPED AS A DEPRESSION ABOUT 270 N MI SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO EARLY ON THE 15TH. THE TROPICAL CYCLONE MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT AFTERNOON WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 250 N MI SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO. ISELLE MOVED NORTHWESTWARD FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND EVENTUALLY PEAKED AT 60 KT ABOUT 360 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. ISELLE THEN TURNED SHARPLY TO THE NORTHEAST AHEAD OF AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AND BEGAN TO WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERED SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER-LEVEL SHEAR. ISELLE WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION ON THE 19TH WHEN IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 80 N MI SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO CORTES ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA. IT DISSIPATED ON THE 20TH AS A NON-CONVECTIVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ABOUT 60 N MI WEST OF PUERTO CORTES. ISELLE BRIEFLY PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE BAJA PENINSULA ON THE 19TH. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES AT THIS TIME. JULIO FORMED AS A DEPRESSION ABOUT 85 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO ON 25 SEPTEMBER. THE CYCLONE REACHED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL NEAR LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO EARLY ON THE 26TH. JULIO DISSIPATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO LATER THAT DAY. THE STORM PRODUCED TROPICAL STORM WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES AT THIS TIME. SUMMARY TABLE... NAME DATES WIND-KT DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------------------ TS GENEVIEVE 26 AUG - 1 SEP 60 0 H HERNAN 30 AUG - 7 SEP 140 0 TD ELEVEN-E 5 - 8 SEP 30 0 TS ISELLE 15 - 20 SEP 60 0 TS JULIO 25 - 26 SEP 35 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE...DATES ARE BASED ON UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC FORECASTERS AVILA/BEVEN/FRANKLIN/LAWRENCE/PASCH/STEWART Problems?