000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011447 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM PDT WED JUN 1 2005 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...HURRICANE ADRIAN...FORMED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES IN MAY ARE SOMEWHAT INFREQUENT EVENTS... WITH AN AVERAGE OF ONE TROPICAL STORM EVERY TWO YEARS AND A HURRICANE ONLY EVERY FOUR YEARS. A POST-STORM ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT ADRIAN DID NOT MAKE LANDFALL AS A HURRICANE IN EL SALVADOR EARLY ON THE 20TH... AS ASSESSED OPERATIONALLY. BASED ON EXAMINATION OF SATELLITE DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS... INCLUDING SHIP DATA OBTAINED AFTER THE EVENT... IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT ADRIAN WEAKENED OFFSHORE... WITH THE CENTER MOVING EASTWARD EARLY ON THE 20TH AND ENTERING THE GULFO DE FONSECA... JUST EAST OF EL SALVADOR... AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. THE DEPRESSION THEN MADE LANDFALL ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF HONDURAS DURING THE EVENING OF THE 20TH. ADRIAN ORIGINATED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT CROSSED CENTRAL AMERICA AND ENTERED THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC ON THE 15TH. CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION GRADUALLY INCREASED AS THE WAVE MOVED SLOWLY WESTWARD. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ON THE 17TH ABOUT 470 MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF EL SALVADOR...AND IT STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY. THE STORM MOVED ON A VERY ATYPICAL TRACK... GENERALLY TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST... AND REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH ON THE 19TH ABOUT 120 MI SOUTHWEST OF EL SALVADOR BEFORE ABRUPTLY WEAKENING JUST OFFSHORE. EVEN THOUGH THE CENTER DID NOT MAKE LANDFALL IN EL SALVADOR... REPORTS FROM THERE INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED FLOODING AND SOME MUD SLIDES. NO REPORTED CASUALTIES TO DATE HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE STORM. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (KT) DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------- H ADRIAN 17-21 MAY 70 0 ------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) FORECASTER KNABB/FRANKLIN $$
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