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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
800 AM PDT SAT JUN 1 2002

SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR MAY 2002...
 
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST 
LONGITUDE...
 
ONE TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPED DURING MAY...AND IT BECAME 
HURRICANE ALMA.

ALMA DEVELOPED OUT OF A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BECAME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON THE 24TH ABOUT 560 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
MANZANILLO MEXICO.  THE DEPRESSION MOVED SLOWLY WESTWARD...BECOMING
TROPICAL STORM ALMA ON THE 26TH ABOUT 650 MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO.
ALMA TURNED TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND BECAME A HURRICANE ON THE 28TH
ABOUT 780 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO.  THE HURRICANE TURNED
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THEN TO THE NORTH LATE ON THE 29TH.  ALMA
REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 95 KT ON THE 30TH WHEN IT WAS LOCATED
540 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.  ALMA BEGAN TO WEAKEN
AS IT MOVED OVER COOLER WATERS AND ENCOUNTERED SOUTHWESTERLY
UPPER-LEVEL WINDS.  ALMA WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND 
BECAME A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVOID OF THUNDERSTORMS 
ABOUT 525 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON JUNE 1.  THERE WERE 
NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ALMA.

SUMMARY TABLE...

NAME                 DATES             WIND-KT         DEATHS
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HURR. ALMA          24 MAY - 1 JUN        95             0 
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NOTE...DATES ARE BASED ON UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC
 
FORECASTER AVILA