946 ABPZ30 KNHC 011524 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM PST FRI DEC 01 2000 RETRANS FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE... ...SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR THE 2000 SEASON... OVERVIEW... THERE WERE 17 NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC BASIN IN 2000, BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES ABOVE THE LAST 34- YEAR AVERAGE OF 15.4 NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONES. OF THE 17, SIX ATTAINED HURRICANE INTENSITY, COMPARED TO THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF 8.6 HURRICANES. TWO ADDITIONAL TROPICAL DEPRESSION OCCURRED. A CREW OF 18 DIED AT SEA WHEN A FREIGHTER WAS LOST IN HURRICANE CARLOTTA. TROPICAL STORMS NORMAN AND ROSA MOVED ONSHORE ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO AND SPREAD RAINFALL INLAND. NONE OF THE HURRICANES REACHED LAND. TABLE OF 2000 EASTERN PACIFIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON STATISTICS... ------------------------------------------------------------------ NO.NAME CLASS* DATES** MAX. MINIMUM DIRECT 1-MIN SEA LEVEL DEATHS WIND PRESSURE (MPH) (MB) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 ALETTA H 22-28 MAY 105 970 2 BUD T 13-17 JUN 50 994 3 CARLOTTA H 18-25 JUN 155 932 18 4 DANIEL H 23 JUL-5 AUG 125 954 5 EMILIA T 26-30 JUL 65 994 6 FABIO T 3-8 AUG 50 1000 7 GILMA H 5-11 AUG 80 984 8 HECTOR H 10-16 AUG 80 983 9 ILEANA T 13-17 AUG 70 991 10JOHN T 28 AUG-1 SEP 70 994 11KRISTY T 31AUG-3 SEP 40 1004 12LANE H 5-14 SEP 100 967 13MIRIAM T 15-17 SEP 40 1004 14NORMAN T 20-22 SEP 50 998 15OLIVIA T 2-10 OCT 60 994 16PAUL T 25-29 OCT 45 1003 17ROSA T 3-8 NOV 65 993 *T: TROPICAL STORM, WIND SPEED 39-73 MPH H: HURRICANE WIND SPEED 74 MPH OR HIGHER. **DATES BEGIN AT 0000 UTC AND INCLUDE TROPICAL DEPRESSION STAGE (WIND SPEED LESS THAT 39 MPH). INDIVIDUAL STORM SUMMARIES... ALETTA BEGAN AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO ON MAY 22ND. THE SYSTEM MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TO WESTWARD AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 23RD. ALETTA CONTINUED WESTWARD...BECOMING A HURRICANE ON THE 24TH AND GENERATING PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH ON THE 25TH. THIS MADE ALETTA THE SECOND STRONGEST MAY HURRICANE OF RECORD IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. ALETTA STALLED AND WEAKENED ON THE 26TH AND 27TH...AND THE CYCLONE DISSIPATED ABOUT 460 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO ON THE 28TH. BUD BECAME A DEPRESSION ABOUT 425 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO ON JUNE 13TH. THE CYCLONE TRACKED GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD...BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM LATER ON THE 13TH AND REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 MPH THE NEXT DAY. BUD STALLED A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF SOCORRO ISLAND AND WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION ON THE 16TH. IT DISSIPATED THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 105 MILES NORTH- NORTHEAST OF SOCORRO ISLAND. HURRICANE CARLOTTA MOVED ON A TRACK PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM JUNE 18TH TO THE 25TH...REMAINING WITHIN ABOUT 300 MILES OF THE COAST THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME. THE CYCLONE FORMED ABOUT 270 MILES SOUTH OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO ON THE 18TH. IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 19TH AND A HURRICANE ON THE 20TH. CARLOTTA REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 155 MPH ON THE 21ST...MAKING IT A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...WHEN IT WAS CENTERED ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO. THIS MADE CARLOTTA THE SECOND STRONGEST EASTERN PACIFIC JUNE HURRICANE ON RECORD... SECOND ONLY TO AVA OF 1973. CARLOTTA GRADUALLY WEAKENED THEREAFTER AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 480 MILES WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE 25TH. DANIEL FORMED ON JULY 23RD ABOUT 660 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO. IT MOVED BETWEEN WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST AND RAPIDLY STRENGTHENED TO A 125 MPH HURRICANE ON THE 25TH. CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...DANIEL GRADUALLY WEAKENED BEFORE TURNING WESTWARD AND RE-INTENSIFYING TO 120 MPH ON THE 28TH. THE SYSTEM SLOWLY WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...BUT WAS STILL A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AS IT NEARED THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. DANIEL THREATENED HAWAII ON THE 29TH THROUGH THE 31ST AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR THE ISLANDS OF HAWAII..MAUI COUNTY...AND OAHU. HOWEVER...IT PASSED A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NORTHEAST OF HAWAII ON THE 31ST...AND THE STRONG WINDS AND RAIN REMAINED OFF SHORE. DANILE EVENTUALLY DISSIPATED ABOUT 1150 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON AUGUST 5TH. EMILIA FORMED EARLY ON JULY 26TH A FEW HUNDRED MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY. IT MOVED BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST...STRENGTHENING TO ITS PEAK OF 65 MPH ON THE 27TH. EMILIA THEN TURNED TOWARD THE WEST AND GRADUALLY WEAKENED. IT DISSIPATED AROUND 0000 UTC JULY 30 SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. FABIO BEGAN AS A DEPRESSION ON AUGUST 3RD ABOUT 560 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. THE CYCLONE MOVED WESTWARD AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 4TH. FABIO REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 MPH LATER THAT DAY. FABIO TURNED WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD ON THE 5TH AND WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION ON THE 6TH. THE CYCLONE DISSIPATED LATE THAT DAY ABOUT 1100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ON AUGUST 5TH ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO. IT MOVED ON A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTERLY TRACK AND BECAME TROPICAL STORM GILMA ON THE 6TH. IT BECAME A HURRICANE AND REACHED ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 80 MPH ON THE 8TH WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 630 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. IT TURNED NORTHWEST AND WEAKENED UNTIL IT DISSIPATED ON THE 11TH ABOUT 860 MILES WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO ON AUGUST 10TH. IT BECAME TROPICAL STORM HECTOR AS IT MOVED SLOWLY WESTWARD AWAY FROM MEXICO. HECTOR BECAME A HURRICANE ON THE 14TH AND PEAKED AT AN 80 MPH INTENSITY LATER THAT DAY. THE STORM THEN TOOK A SLIGHT NORTHWEST TURN AND DISSIPATED QUICKLY OVER COOL WATERS ON THE 15TH. THE REMNANTS OF HECTOR CONTINUED WESTWARD AND PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON THE 20TH. THE DEPRESSION THAT BECAME TROPICAL STORM ILEANA FORMED ON AUGUST 14TH ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO. THE CYCLONE TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD JUST OFFSHORE THE COAST OF MEXICO TOWARD THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 14TH AND REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 70 MPH ON THE 15TH WHEN LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS. ILEANA TURNED WESTWARD AT THAT TIME...AND QUICKLY DISSIPATED ON THE 16TH DUE TO COOLER WATER AND NORTHEASTERLY VERTICAL SHEAR. JOHN FORMED ON AUGUST 28TH ABOUT 1160 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND MOVED SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD. THE STORM MOVED INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC AND REACHED A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 70 MPH ON THE 30TH. JOHN WEAKENED TO A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM ON THE 31ST AND DISSIPATED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST ABOUT 860 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. KRISTY FORMED ABOUT 1550 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON 31 AUGUST. WHILE MOVING VERY LITTLE...KRISTY BRIEFLY ACQUIRED MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM STATUS ON THE 2ND AND DISSIPATED THE NEXT DAY. LANE DEVELOPED 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO ON SEPTEMBER 5TH AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY. THE STORM MOVED IN A LOOP FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS...FOLLOWED BY A GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD TRACK ON THE 8TH. LANE INTENSIFIED INTO A HURRICANE ON THE 9TH AND MOVED OVER SOCORRO ISLAND LATER THAT DAY. THE HURRICANE PASSED ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE 10TH WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF 100 MPH. IT BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH SURF TO THE BAJA PENINSULA. LANE DISSIPATED ON THE 14TH ABOUT 290 MILES WEST OF SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. MIRIAM FORMED ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. IT MOVED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL STORM WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF 45 MPH ON THE 16TH AND THREATENED THE BAJA PENINSULA. HOWEVER...MIRIAM WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION BEFORE REACING BAJA...AND THE CYCLONE DISSIPATED ABOUT 70 MILE NORTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE 17TH. NORMAN DEVELOPED ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AND DRIFTED NORTHWARD TOWARD THE MEXICAN COAST. IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY...REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 MPH JUST BEFORE MOVING INLAND BETWEEN LAZARO CARDENAS AND COLIMA MEXICO. NORMAN WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION OVER LAND...THEN MOVED BACK OFFSHORE ON THE 22ND BEFORE MOVING INLAND AGAIN NEAR MAZATLAN. IT DISSIPATED LATER THAT DAY. NORMAN PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MEXICO. ON OCTOBER 2ND...OLIVIA DEVELOPED AS A DEPRESSION ABOUT 185 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO. IT STRENGTHENED TO ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 55 KT FROM OCTOBER 03-05 BEFORE WEAKENING AND THEN RE-STRENGTHENING BACK TO 55 KT EARLY ON OCTOBER 8TH. ON THE 9TH...OLIVIA WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED ON OCTOBER 10TH ABOUT 600 MILES WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. OLIVIA TRACKED IN A GENERAL WEST- NORTHWEST DIRECTION THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME WHILE REMAINING OVER OPEN WATER...AND AFFECTED NO LAND AREAS. PAUL FORMED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 25 OCTOBER SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. MOVING MOSTLY WESTWARD...PAUL WAS A 40-MPH TROPICAL STORM FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH AND ITS ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS BRIEFLY REACHED 45 MPH ON THE 26TH. IT DISSIPATED ON THE 29TH ABOUT 1500 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. PAUL DID NOT AFFECT LAND. ROSA FORMED ON 3 NOVEMBER A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF EL SALVADOR. THE DEPRESSION MOVED GENERALLY WESTWARD AND STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 5TH. A TROUGH TURNED ROSA NORTHWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD ON THE 6TH AND 7TH. ROSA MADE LANDFALL NEAR HUATULCO MEXICO EARLY ON 8 NOVEMBER AS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM...ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE. FORECASTERS LAWRENCE/BEVEN/PASCH/AVILA/FRANKLIN/STEWARD