000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011530 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM PDT SAT OCT 1 2005 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. FOUR HURRICANES AND TWO ADDITIONAL TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING SEPTEMBER... WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER. JOVA WAS A LONG-TRACK HURRICANE THAT CROSSED INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN AND BRIEFLY THREATENED THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. JOVA FORMED EARLY ON 12 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 550 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. HOWEVER... UPPER-LEVEL WINDS HINDERED DEVELOPMENT AND JOVA DID NOT REACH TROPICAL STORM STATUS UNTIL EARLY ON 15 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 1150 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. JOVA CONTINUED ON A TRACK SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE WEST FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS AND GRADUALLY STRENGTHENED INTO A HURRICANE. EARLY ON 18 SEPTEMBER... JOVA MADE AN ABRUPT TURN TO THE NORTHWEST NEAR 140W LONGITUDE... AND SLOWLY STRENGTHENED AND BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE ON 20 SEPTEMBER. JOVA MAINTAINED CATEGORY 3 OR MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS. HOWEVER... THE NORTHWESTWARD MOTION GRADUALLY TOOK THE HURRICANE ACROSS COOLER WATERS... AND SLOW WEAKENING BEGAN EARLY ON 22 SEPTEMBER WHEN JOVA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 410 N MI EAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. JOVA WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM EARLY ON 23 SEPTEMBER AS INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY VERTICAL SHEAR ENHANCED THE WEAKENING PROCESS... AND IT BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY ON 25 SEPTEMBER. JOVA DEGENERATED INTO A REMNANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND DISSIPATED LATER THAT DAY ABOUT 220 N MI NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII. LONG-LIVED KENNETH DEVELOPED ON 14 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 790 N MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS... AND IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM THE FOLLOWING DAY. KENNETH MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND INTENSIFIED INTO A HURRICANE ON 16 SEPTEMBER. THE HURRICANE CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN... DEVELOPING A WELL-DEFINED EYE... AND IT REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 115 KT ON 18 SEPTEMBER. MOVING SLOWLY... KENNETH GRADUALLY WEAKENED TO BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH ON 20 SEPTEMBER AND TO 45 KT ON 21 SEPTEMBER... AND THEN SLOWLY RE-STRENGTHENED. THE CYCLONE REGAINED HURRICANE STATUS ON 25 SEPTEMBER. KENNETH DRIFTED SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS 140W... INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE BASIN... ON 26 SEPTEMBER... AND SOON WEAKENED BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH. KENNETH TURNED NORTHWESTWARD AND CONTINUED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN. IT WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 29 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 340 N MI EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII... AND IT DISSIPATED JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND ON 30 SEPTEMBER. THE REMNANTS OF KENNETH ARE PASSING SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS OF NOW... PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. LIDIA WAS A SHORT-LIVED TROPICAL CYCLONE. IT BECAME A DEPRESSION EARLY ON 17 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 690 N MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY. LIDIA MOVED VERY LITTLE AND ON 18 SEPTEMBER IT BECAME ABSORBED BY THE MUCH LARGER CIRCULATION OF THE TROPICAL STORM THAT BECAME HURRICANE MAX... WHICH WAS LOCATED A COUPLE HUNDRED N MI TO THE EAST. MAX FORMED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 18 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 500 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY AS IT MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD WHILE ABSORBING THE SMALLER CIRCULATION OF LIDIA. MAX TURNED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND STRENGTHENED ON 19 SEPTEMBER... REACHING HURRICANE INTENSITY WITH 65 KT WINDS EARLY ON THE 20TH. CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD... MAX REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 70 KT LATER THAT DAY BUT THEN BEGAN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHED COOLER WATERS. MAX TURNED WESTWARD ON 21 SEPTEMBER AND WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THE NEXT MORNING. IT DEGENERATED TO A REMANT LOW LATER ON 22 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 700 N MI WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS. NORMA FORMED FROM A LARGE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE THAT LINGERED A FEW HUNDRED N MI SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO FOR SEVERAL DAYS. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED EARLY ON 23 SEPTEMBER AND IT STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY. MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST... NORMA GRADUALLY DEVELOPED DESPITE SOME NORTHEASTERLY SHEAR AND REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 55 KT ON 24 SEPTEMBER. THE NORTHEASTERLY SHEAR CONTINUED AND FINALLY CAUSED NORMA TO WEAKEN... AND IT BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY ON 27 SEPTEMBER. DEEP CONVECTION FADED AS NORMA MOVED OVER COOLER WATERS... AND THE CYCLONE DEGENERATED TO A REMNANT LOW LATER THAT DAY. OTIS FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED WESTWARD FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA ON 9 SEPTEMBER. THE WAVE REACHED THE EASTERN PACIFIC ON 21 SEPTEMBER AND BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION ON 27 SEPTEMBER. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 140 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. THE CYCLONE MOVED WESTWARD AND BECAME TROPICAL STORM OTIS ON 29 SEPTEMBER. OTIS TURNED NORTHWESTWARD AND BECAME A HURRICANE ON 30 SEPTEMBER. AT THE END OF THE MONTH... OTIS WAS ABOUT 150 N MI SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS... MOVING NORTHWESTWARD WITH 75-KT WINDS. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (KT) DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------- H JOVA 12-25 SEP 100 0 H KENNETH 14-30 SEP 115 0 TS LIDIA 17-18 SEP 40 0 H MAX 18-22 SEP 70 0 TS NORMA 23-27 SEP 55 0 H OTIS 28 SEP - 75 0 ------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) FORECASTER STEWART/PASCH/AVILA/KNABB/FRANKLIN/BEVEN $$
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