000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011600 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM PST MON NOV 1 2004 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. ...SUMMARY OF EAST PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONES FOR OCTBER 2004... THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED DURING OCTOBER IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC...TROPICAL STORMS KAY AND LESTER...AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN-E. KAY WAS A SHORT-LIVED TROPICAL CYCLONE THAT FORMED LATE ON 4 OCTOBER ABOUT 515 N MI SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM KAY EARLY ON 5 OCTOBER AS IT MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD. EARLY ON 6 OCTOBER...KAY TURNED NORTHWESTWARD AND WEAKENED BACK TO A DEPRESSION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY SHEAR. THE CYCLONE DISSIPATED LATER THAT DAY ABOUT 755 N MI WEST-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. LESTER DEVELOPED ON 11 OCTOBER ABOUT 230 N MI SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION MOVED SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD PARALLELING THE MEXICAN COAST...AND BECAME TROPICAL STORM LESTER LATE ON 12 OCTOBER WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 50 N MI SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO. LESTER REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 45 KT AS IT PASSED JUST SOUTH OF ACAPULCO EARLY ON 13 OCTOBER. THEN...THE INTERACTION WITH BOTH LAND AND A LARGER LOW PRESSURE AREA TO THE SOUTHWEST BEGAN TO WEAKEN THE CYCLONE. LESTER WEAKENED BACK TO A DEPRESSION AND WAS ABSORBED BY THE LARGER LOW LATER ON 13 OCTOBER. LESTER BROUGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE MEXICAN RIVIERA...BUT NO REPORTS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WERE RECEIVED. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN-E WAS A SHORT-LIVED CYCLONE THAT DEVELOPED ABOUT 230 N MI SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO EARLY ON 25 OCTOBER. THE DEPRESSION MOVED SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND SHOWED SIGNS OF BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED. HOWEVER...AS THE CYCLONE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE NORTHWARD LATER THAT AFTERNOON...STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY VERTICAL SHEAR DISPLACED MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO THE EAST. THE DEPRESSION MADE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO NEAR ALTATA EARLY ON 26 OCTOBER...AND DISSIPATED INLAND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS... A WIND GUST TO 70 KT WAS REPORTED AT THE CULIACAN MEXICO AIRPORT EARLY ON 26 OCTOBER WHEN THE DEPRESSION WAS PASSING JUST WEST OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION...SPANISH MEDIA INDICATED THAT A TORNADO ALSO MAY HAVE OCCURRED NEAR CULIACAN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FELL ALONG THE COASTAL AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MEXICO CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE MID-LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPRESSION EVENTUALLY SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE U.S. SOUTHERN PLAINS HELPING TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO...WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. SUMMARY TABLE - OCTOBER 2004 NAME DATES MAX WIND-KT DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------------------- TS KAY 5-7 OCT 40 0 TS LESTER 11-13 OCT 45 0 TD 16-E 25-26 OCT 30 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: DATES ARE BASED ON UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC FORECASTER STEWART/AVILA/BEVEN/LAWRENCE/FRANKLIN/PASCH $$
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