From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 2 02:33:38 2010 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by cozumel.ust.hk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oB1IXbCM029315 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 02:33:38 +0800 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB18qtvP000834; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:33:24 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4579122 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:33:24 -0600 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB1IXOHX014926 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:33:24 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB1IXIk9007055 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:33:24 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 024873FE0855; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:33:17 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101201183318.024873FE0855@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:33:17 -0600 Reply-To: wxmaster@COX.NET Sender: WX-TROPL Tropical Storm and Hurricane WX products From: LDM Weather Subject: Central Pacific: Monthly Tropical Weather Summary To: WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Precedence: list 176 ACPN60 PHFO 011833 TWSCP TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 830 AM HST WED DEC 1 2010 FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...BETWEEN 140W AND 180 ...EXTREMELY QUIET HURRICANE SEASON IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC DURING 2010... FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1979...THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. LA NINA CONDITIONS DID NOT FAVOR TROPICAL SYSTEMS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC FROM THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC...WHICH IS MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI...FLORIDA. THERE WERE ALSO NO TROPICAL SYSTEMS WHICH DEVELOPED LOCALLY IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC. ALTHOUGH LA NINA CONDITIONS ARE TYPICALLY NOT FAVORABLE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES TO OCCUR IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...AS OPPOSED TO THE TYPICALLY MORE ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASONS ASSOCIATED WITH EL NINO CONDITIONS...THERE WERE 8 TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE BASIN DURING THE LA NINA OF 1985. THERE WERE OTHER YEARS WITH NO TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE SATELLITE ERA...WHICH BEGAN IN 1966. THESE INACTIVE YEARS INCLUDED 1969...1977 AND 1979. EVEN THOUGH THE 2010 HURRICANE SEASON WAS EXTREMELY QUIET...THE UPCOMING 2011 HURRICANE SEASON...WHICH WILL OFFICIALLY START ON THE FIRST OF JUNE 2011...COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE ACTIVITY. FOR EXAMPLE...FOLLOWING THE INACTIVE 1969...1977 AND 1979 HURRICANE SEASONS...THERE WERE 3 TROPICAL CYCLONES DURING 1970...7 TROPICAL CYCLONES DURING 1978 AND 2 TROPICAL CYCLONES DURING 1980... RESPECTIVELY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER WEB SITE AT...WEATHER.GOV/CPHC $$ HOUSTON/RBALLARD/KODAMA/TANABE +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-TROPL send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU with "unsub wx-tropl" in the body of your message. For help with WX-TROPL write to cnovy@cox.net. For more information on tropical weather products, see the NHC Homepage at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.