2005 Pacific hurricane season

The Pacific hurricane season officially began on May 15, 2005 in the eastern and on June 1 in the central Pacific Ocean. It lasted until 30 November 2005. These data conventionally delimit the portion of the year in which most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific. The season had a quick start, because the tropical area of ​​low pressure from the then Hurricane Adrian was already formed on the third day of the season. Adrian took a very rare course toward El Salvador and then hit Honduras. Between June and September Dora was the only storm that posed a recognizable danger to the mainland, as they skirted the coast of Mexico. Kenneth Hawaii approached as a dissolving depression. Hurricane Otis appeared on the Baja California peninsula outclassed, but turned in a north - northwesterly direction and wandered along the coast, before it broke up.

Season Foresight

Through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a slow season was expected, which had only a 10 % chance of an above-average storm activity in the eastern Pacific, but a 70% chance of a below-average activity. The prognosis before the season predicted: eleven to fifteen tropical storms and six to eight hurricanes, of which two to four severe (category 3 or higher on the Saffir -Simpson Hurricane Scale.

The forecast said for the central north Pacific preceded by a below-average season in which only two or three would occur instead of the usual four or five storms.

Storms

Hurricane Adrian

With its formation on May 17, just two days after the start of the hurricane season, Adrian was an early storm. He strengthened from a tropical depression about 700 km south-west of Guatemala and El Salvador. He pulled initially northward to San Salvador and reached the morning of May 19 hurricane strength, but then turned to the east. After Adrian had already weakened from the coast to a tropical depression, it dissolved after landfall in the Gulf of Fonseca, on May 19 over the mountains of Honduras. Three indirect deaths associated with the storm and a direct victim because of flash floods.

The northeast -oriented cyclone track of this storm was extremely unusual. Only four tropical systems have taken since 1966 Guatemala or El Salvador. The only storm which have a name was Hurricane Andres, whose country case, however, took place only as a tropical depression over the Pacific hurricane season of 1997 on June 7, 1997. Adrian was so unusual because it occurred quite early in the season. Hurricane status systems reach the month of May only once in four years.

• NHC archive on Hurricane Adrian.

Tropical Storm Beatriz

The first tropical storm that formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean since Carlos in 2003 in the month of June, Beatriz was. A low pressure area was formed on June 21, 445 km south of the Mexican port city of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero and reaches the strength of a tropical storm the next day. Beatriz reached its peak with winds to 80 km / h on June 23. She moved slowly westward and then broke away on the morning of June 24 about 470 miles from Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of Baja California away on, without ever having threatened land.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Beatriz.

Tropical Storm Calvin

The Tropical Depression Three -E formed south of Mexico and reached a few hours after its formation on June 26, the status of a tropical storm by the name of Calvin. For the southern coast of Mexico were issued to Acapulco storm warnings, as Calvin slowly moved westward, and on June 27, with wind speeds of 80 km / h) reached its peak in the section, but after the storm veered from the coast on 28 June, these warnings were revoked. Calvin weakened during the day to a tropical depression and lost its tropical characteristics during the following night.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Calvin.

Tropical Storm Dora

The active start of the season continued with the Tropical Depression Four -E, which developed south of Acapulco, Guerrero, from a tropical wave on July 3. As the system approached the Mexican coast issued warnings. On the afternoon of July 4, enhanced the system to a tropical storm when it was located 75 km west-southwest of Acapulco. The storm came within a few kilometers to the shore and invited to the region by torrential rain off as he moved on parallel to the coast. After he has turned from the coast and its status at noon on July 5 fell back to a tropical depression, the warnings have been lifted. The system dissipated on the morning of July 6 on final.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Dora.

Tropical Storm Eugene

Eugene was formed on July 18 from a tropical disturbance in front of the central portion of the Mexican coast and was directed to the northwest and was one of the few tropical storms in the Pacific Basin that have not been previously classified as a tropical depression. Initially, as with most storms in the eastern Pacific Ocean, no public advice or warnings were issued because the storm headed for the open sea. On July 19, the storm but came within range of the southern tip of Baja California and therefore were called Storm Warnings for most of the day for the area around Cabo San Lucas; the storm moved on, however, to have influenced without the coast.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Eugene.

Tropical Depression One -C

The first tropical system in the central Pacific Ocean formed east-southeast of Hawaii on August 3, a month later, when there was the first (and only ) system in 2004. It began a cyclone track to the west, which would have brought it into the realm of Oahu a few days later. Originally, it was predicted that the low would intensify into a tropical storm (since Huko in the Pacific hurricane season 2002 had developed in the mid-Pacific No tropical storm ). However, the computational models changed the next day and did not indicate a further development. Shortly thereafter, the convection of the system broke down and the system lost its closed circulation when it was still 1200 km away from Hilo.

• CPHC summary of Tropical Depression One -C.

Hurricane Fernanda

The Tropical Depression Six -E formed on August 9 from an area of ​​disturbed weather out, about 1,100 km south- southwest of Cabo San Lucas in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It was later classified on the day Tropical Storm Fernanda and on August 11 to Hurricane Fernanda. The system drew in its path in west- north-westerly direction out into the open Pacific. On August 14, it weakened over cooler water to a tropical storm and the next day to a tropical depression off. On this day, it dissolved completely on, about 2650 km southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.

• NHC archive on Hurricane Fernanda.

Tropical Storm Greg

The Tropical Depression Seven -E formed 1100 km south of Cabo San Lucas on August 11 and was classified Tropical Storm Greg few hours later. Although Greg just 1200 miles from Hurricane Fernanda was removed, the system showed no signs of Abdrängung to the north, but followed Fernanda westward to the Pacific Ocean beyond. Greg lost hurricane status on August 14 and remained almost stationary. Greg was destroyed by wind shear at a slow westward drift on August 15.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Greg.

Hurricane Hilary

A tropical wave, which is associated with the formation of Hilary, broke away on August 4 of the West African coast. This wave had initially a strong convection, but quickly trailed off as the system moved over the eastern part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The wave continued its westward path, without much to develop or form. She then pulled across the north of South America and reached the northern Pacific Ocean on August 17. A circulation at mid-height and convection formed the wave, as it was in the south of Guatemala on August 18. The education efforts of the system lasted, but without setting a well-established circulation center at the water surface.

On August 19 Lastly in Tropical Depression Eight -E south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 225 km south of Puerto Angel, Mexico. In the late evening, the depth increased to a tropical Sturn. Hilary reached 24 hours later hurricane strength. Away on her course parallel to the Mexican coast and from about 480 kilometers from this, she reached the evening of 21 August's Category 2 on the Saffir -Simpson Hurricane Scale. On the coast, gusts reached times the strength of a tropical storm and for a time storm warnings were issued. Hilary broke up on August 25, shortly after the hurricane had weakened to a tropical storm.

• NHC archive on Hurricane Hilary.

Tropical Storm Irwin

On August 25 was formed southwest of the Mexican port city of Manzanillo, Colima, the Tropical Depression Nine -E. It arose from the ruins of a wave that broke away from the Tropical Depression Ten System in the Atlantic Ocean (the other part of the wave developed into a hurricane Katrina ) and then Central America crossed. The system intensified into Tropical Storm Irwin, with the 85 km / h reached its peak at the next. Although Irwin moved almost due west over warmer water, he encountered wind shear, weakened and dissipated on August 28.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Irwin.

Hurricane Jova

After a period of two weeks of rest was formed on September 11, a good bit south-southwest of Baja California, the Tropical Depression Ten -E and headed almost exactly a western course. Late reinforced the deep and was declared on September 14, Tropical Storm Jova. After further intensification Jova reached on September 16, the status of a hurricane and crossed on September 18, the 140th west longitude into mittelpazifische pool. After almost two years, this was the first hurricane in the area of ​​responsibility of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Jova intensified rapidly into a major hurricane, the first in the mid-Pacific since Ele during the Pacific hurricane season of 2002. Jova weakened northeast of Hawaii from, was classified on September 22, just as a tropical storm and graduated on 23 September to tropical depression before the system is completely dissolved on 24 September.

• NHC archive on Hurricane Jova.
• CPHC Summary of Hurricane Jova.

Hurricane Kenneth

An area with an area of ​​disturbed weather developed on September 14 for Tropical Depression Eleven -E. Again, the low pressure area was a good bit south-southwest of Baja California, as it is only 970 km east of the low pressure area ten- E formed. However, the system was better conditions than its western neighbor and has been incremented twelve hours following its formation to Tropical Storm Kenneth. Kenneth strengthened a little later on the same day to a hurricane and continued this intensification. On September 17, Kenneth was awarded the achieve category 3, the first serious hurricane of the season, and then became the strongest hurricane of the year in the eastern Pacific. Reached its peak with Kenneth ongoing winds of 215 km / h in the category 4 on the Saffir -Simpson Hurricane Scale. On September 19, Kenneth began weakening and on September 20, Kenneth was only in the strength of a tropical storm. Nevertheless Kenneth could again gain in intensity, so that it once again reached on 24 September, the strength of a hurricane category 1 and very late on September 25, he crossed the 140 west longitude, and thus became the second hurricane of the season, of the eastern came in the mid-Pacific. He then fell back into the classification to a tropical storm and weakened on September 29, less than 650 kilometers east of Hawaii becoming a tropical depression off. The system came within 80 km of Big Iceland before he broke up an open shaft. Since Tropical Depression Eugene during the Pacific hurricane season 1993 no tropical cyclone more was pulled away directly over the island group. 150 to 300 mm of rainfall has been reported by some stations in Hawaii in connection with Kenneth.

• NHC archive on Hurricane Kenneth.
• CPHC Summary of Hurricane Kenneth.

Tropical Storm Lidia

A tropical wave that moved away from the coast of Africa in late August, showed signs of development, as they crossed the Atlantic, but made no tropical circulation from there. After they had crossed the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Pacific basin, they became more organized and was on September 17 for Tropical Depression Twelve -E. It was the third low pressure area that had formed in rapid succession south-southwest of Baja California and this was done in less than 1300 km distance to Hurricane Kenneth. The low intensified later that day to Tropical Storm Lidia, but was on the following day by a new and larger system, the Tropical Depression Thirteen -E (later Tropical Storm Max ) off course and weakened thereafter. On September 19, Lidia was completely absorbed by the circulation of Max.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Lidia.

Hurricane Max

The Tropical Depression Thirteen -E formed on September 18, 800 km south- southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. It was close enough to Lidia to quickly push away these earlier and weaker storm to the north. The system intensified within a few hours to Tropical Storm Max and absorbed the remnants of the now to Tropical Depression Lidia attenuated system. On the afternoon of 19 September, the tropical storm was classified a hurricane. The system began to weaken shortly thereafter, and Max broke up in the early hours of 22 September.

The merger of two hurricanes or absorbing one with another are completely unusual activity in the area of ​​responsibility of the National Hurricane Center. The last known case occurred before in the northern Pacific, as Tropical Storm Henriette was absorbed by Hurricane Gil in September 2001.

• NHC archive on Hurricane Max

Tropical Storm Norma

The Tropical Depression Fourteen -E formed on September 22, about 640 km south-west of the Mexican port city of Manzanillo in the state of Colima, almost twenty-four hours after it was warned against the formation of a tropical cyclone. Four hours later, the depth to Tropical Storm Norma had developed, which, however, at no time endangered the country and on September 27, the NHC was at 9:00 UTC clock its final warning on this system.

• NHC archive on Tropical Storm Norma.

Hurricane Otis

The Tropical Depression Fifteen -E formed on September 28, 130 nautical miles south-southwest of Manzanillo. It arose from a branch of a tropical wave that became the Hurricane Philippe in the Atlantic basin. Twenty-four hours later, the system was classified Tropical Storm Otis and the morning of 30 September for a hurricane, which reached its peak on October 1 with wind speeds of 170 km / h in the category 2 before it northward at its slow drift again weakened.

On October 2, the storm turned away in a north - north-west of Baja California, rather than continue to drag along the coast. Shortly after the system was downgraded to a tropical depression and on October 3, the NHC issued its last warning.

• NHC archive on Hurricane Otis.

Tropical Depression Sixteen -E

The Tropical Depression Sixteen -E formed about 400 nautical miles south of the Mexican city of Acapulco, Guerrero state in the late evening of 14 October. Although initial predictions emanating from the fact that the area of ​​low pressure would intensify, the system could not organize sufficient to develop into a tropical storm. Instead, it looked as if the low pressure area redissolve. On October 18, the storm warnings were not continued, but the next day resumed, as the deep convection began its back. The system tried to develop, but the presence of relatively dry air preventing a continuous convection. For the second time was spent on 20 October at 21:00 UTC for the system a final warning. The remains of the low pressure area was absorbed on the next day of the intertropical convergence zone.

• NHC archive on Tropical Depression Sixteen -E.

Season Overview

Storm names

The following names were used for naming the storms that have formed in the northeastern Pacific Ocean in 2005. This is the same list that was already used during the Pacific hurricane season of 1999. Names that were not used are set in gray. No names were used in the name area of ​​the central Pacific Ocean, the next name that would have been used had Ioke.

From the World Meteorological Organization has been deleted none of the names in the spring of 2006, and therefore this list is unchanged reused during the Pacific hurricane season of 2011.

• Adrian
• Beatriz
• Calvin
• Dora
• Eugene
• Fernanda
• Greg
• Hilary

• Irwin
• Jova
• Kenneth
• Lidia
• Max
• Norma
• Otis
• Pilar ( not used)

• Ramon (not used)
• Selma (not used)
• Todd (not used)
• Veronica (not used)
• Wiley (not used)
• Xina (not used)
• York ( not used)
• Zelda (not used)