000 ABPZ30 KNHC 301504 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 700 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2007 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE 2007 SEASON PRODUCED ELEVEN TROPICAL STORMS...FOUR OF WHICH BECAME HURRICANES...WITH ONE OF THE HURRICANES ATTAINING MAJOR (CATEGORY THREE OR HIGHER ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE) HURRICANE STATUS. THESE NUMBERS ARE FAR BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGES OF FIFTEEN TROPICAL STORMS...NINE HURRICANES...AND FOUR MAJOR HURRICANES. IN FACT...IN TERMS OF THE ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY (ACE) INDEX...2007 WAS THE SECOND QUIETEST SEASON OBSERVED (ONLY 1977 WAS LOWER) SINCE RELIABLE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1971. IN ADDITION...FOUR OTHER TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS FORMED DURING THE YEAR. ALVIN DEVELOPED FROM A POORLY-DEFINED TROPICAL WAVE THAT CROSSED DAKAR SENEGAL ON 9 MAY. THE WAVE MOVED WESTWARD ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BASIN WITH VERY LITTLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE WAVE REACHED CENTRAL AMERICA ON 20 MAY AND CONTINUED WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN THE ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED 27 MAY ABOUT 300 N MI MILES SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND BECAME A 35 KT TROPICAL STORM EARLY ON 29 MAY. THEREAFTER... ALVIN CONTINUED WESTWARD AND GRADUALLY WEAKENED. IT DEGENERATED INTO A REMNANT LOW ON 1 JUNE ABOUT 800 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. BARBARA ORIGINATED FROM A SLOW-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA ON 25 MAY. THE WAVE PRODUCED DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON 27 MAY...A SMALL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC AS THE WAVE INTERACTED WITH THE ITCZ. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY GRADUALLY BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED NEAR THE LOW AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DEVELOPED ON 29 MAY ABOUT 100 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PUERTO ESCONDIDO MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION MOVED SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM THE NEXT DAY. THE STORM TURNED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD LATER ON 1 JUNE AS IT REACHED ITS ESTIMATED PEAK INTENSITY OF 45 KT. BARBARA THEN MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND MADE LANDFALL AS A TROPICAL STORM ON 2 JUNE ABOUT 20 N MI NORTHWEST OF THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA. THE CYCLONE QUICKLY DISSIPATED OVER LAND LATER THAT DAY. BARBARA BROUGHT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF GUATEMALA...WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGES OF MORE THAN 50 MILLION US DOLLARS TO AGRICULTURAL CROPS IN SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-E FORMED ON 11 JUNE ABOUT 450 N MI SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE CYCLONE MOVED NORTHWESTWARD AND DISSIPATED ON THE NEXT DAY AS IT MOVED OVER COOLER WATERS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR-E WAS SPAWNED BY A TROPICAL WAVE THAT EMERGED FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA ON 23 JUNE AND REACHED THE PACIFIC ON 3 JULY. THE ASSOCIATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASED ON 6 JULY AND BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION THE NEXT DAY. THE DEPRESSION FORMED LATE ON 9 JULY ABOUT 610 N MI SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. A COMBINATION OF SOUTHWESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND DECREASING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ALONG THE TRACK PREVENTED ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING AS THE CYCLONE MOVED NORTHWESTWARD. THE SYSTEM TURNED WEST- NORTHWESTWARD LATE ON 10 JULY...AND WEAKENED TO A NON-CONVECTIVE REMNANT LOW EARLY THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 790 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-E DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA ON 21 JUNE AND ENTERED THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC AROUND 10 JULY. DISORGANIZED CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE INCREASED ON 11 JULY. THE WAVE MOVED WESTWARD AND GRADUALLY BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND A DEPRESSION FORMED AT 1200 UTC 14 JULY...ABOUT 600 N MI SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR...THE DEPRESSION WAS UNABLE TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER. THE CYCLONE CONTINUED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ON 15 JULY...AND COOLER WATERS AS WELL AS A MORE STABLE AIRMASS RESULTED IN IT DEGENERATING INTO A REMNANT LOW AT 0000 UTC 16 JULY. COSME ORIGINATED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT EMERGED OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA ON 27 JUNE. THE WAVE ENTERED THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC BASIN AROUND 8 JULY...AND SHOWED SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION ON 10 JULY. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED FROM THE SYSTEM ON 14 JULY ABOUT 1725 N MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII. THE LARGE DEPRESSION INITIALLY MOVED SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IN RESPONSE TO A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH. THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON 15 JULY...AND REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH 24 HOURS LATER ABOUT 1400 N MI EAST OF HILO HAWAII. EARLY ON 17 JULY...THE CYCLONE TURNED TOWARD THE WEST IN RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING RIDGE TO THE NORTH. BY THIS TIME COSME WAS IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF MODERATE EASTERLY SHEAR AND WATERS AROUND 25 DEGREES CELSIUS...AND THE HURRICANE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM ON 17 JULY. THE CYCLONE CONTINUED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVED WESTWARD AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATE IN THE DAY ON 18 JULY...JUST PRIOR TO CROSSING INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN. THE DEPRESSION CONTINUED WESTWARD FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS AND DEGENERATED TO A REMNANT LOW ABOUT 50 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND. DALILA DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT ENTERED THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN ON 17 JULY. THE WAVE SPAWNED A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA SOUTH OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC ON 19 JULY...WHICH MOVED SLOWLY WESTWARD WHILE THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASED. THE SYSTEM ACQUIRED ENOUGH ORGANIZATION EARLY ON 22 JULY TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 400 N MI SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. A RIDGE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO STEERED DALILA NORTHWESTWARD DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND NORTHEASTERLY SHEAR INITIALLY INHIBITED SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING. HOWEVER...EARLY ON 24 JULY...THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM. THE CYCLONE REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 KT ON 25 JULY WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 50 N MI SOUTHEAST OF SOCORRO ISLAND. AFTER PASSING VERY NEAR SOCORRO ISLAND...DALILA BEGAN MOVING OVER COOLER WATERS AND BEGAN TO WEAKEN. ON 26 JULY...WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 210 N MI SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA...THE TROPICAL CYCLONE TURNED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD. DALILA WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY THE NEXT DAY AND DEGENERATED TO A REMNANT LOW ON 27 JULY...ABOUT 400 N MI WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE REMNANT LOW MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND DISSIPATED ON 30 JULY. ERICK FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT ENTERED THE EASTERN PACIFIC ON 25 JULY. THE WAVE GRADUALLY BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED...AND A BROAD SURFACE LOW FORMED ALONG THE WAVE AXIS ON 28 JULY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONSOLIDATED NEAR THE LOW CENTER ON 31 JULY AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED LATER IN THE DAY...ABOUT 925 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM EARLY ON 1 AUGUST...REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY OF 35 KT. ERICK WEAKENED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT 0000 UTC 2 AUGUST AND DEGENERATED INTO A TROPICAL WAVE SIX HOURS LATER ABOUT 1200 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. FLOSSIE DEVELOPED FROM AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER THAT HAD BEEN TRACKED WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE SYSTEM BECAME ORGANIZED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 8 AUGUST...WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 1600 N MI SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM BY EARLY ON 9 AUGUST. MOVING GENERALLY WESTWARD...FLOSSIE CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AND ON 10 AUGUST AN EYE BECAME EVIDENT...INDICATING THAT THE SYSTEM HAD INTENSIFIED INTO A HURRICANE WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 1200 N MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. FLOSSIE STRENGTHENED FURTHER AND IT BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE EARLY ON 11 AUGUST...AND A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE A LITTLE LATER THAT DAY JUST BEFORE CROSSING INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE BASIN. FLOSSIE REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 120 KT EARLY ON 12 AUGUST...AND MAINTAINED MAJOR HURRICANE STRENGTH FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS IT MOVED TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST. INCREASING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND COOLER SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO WEAKEN BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH ON 15 AUGUST...PASSING ABOUT 85 N MI SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE SYSTEM TURNED TO THE WEST AND WEST-SOUTHWEST AND WEAKENED FURTHER INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY ON 16 AUGUST BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER THAT DAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FLOSSIE...PLEASE SEE THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER'S SUMMARY PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/CPHC/SUMMARIES/ GIL ORIGINATED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT ENTERED THE EASTERN PACIFIC ON 27 AUGUST. THE WAVE CONTINUED WESTWARD AND THE SHOWER ACTIVITY BECAME CONCENTRATED JUST SOUTH OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED EARLY ON 29 AUGUST ABOUT 240 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA...AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY. A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES STEERED GIL ON A GENERAL WESTWARD TRACK FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. GIL REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 40 KT ON 30 AUGUST...WHEN A GRADUAL WEAKENING OCCURRED DUE TO BOTH SHEAR AND COOLER WATERS. GIL BECAME A WESTWARD-MOVING REMNANT LOW AT 1800 UTC 2 SEPTEMBER AND DISSIPATED LATER THAT DAY. HENRIETTE ORIGINATED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA ON 28 AUGUST. ON THE NEXT DAY A SMALL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED ABOUT 350 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SURROUNDING THE LOW IMPROVED IN ORGANIZATION...AND AT 0600 UTC 30 AUGUST THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNATED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...ABOUT 315 N MI SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO. THE CYCLONE MOVED TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IN RESPONSE TO A WEAKNESS IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION GAINED ORGANIZATION AS IT MOVED PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH COAST OF MEXICO AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON 31 AUGUST...LOCATED ABOUT 75 N MI SOUTH OF ACAPULCO. THE STORM STEADILY STRENGTHENED ON 1 SEPTEMBER AND REACHED AN INTENSITY OF 55 KT EARLY THE NEXT DAY...AS IT MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND PARALLEL TO THE MEXICAN COAST. HENRIETTE REMAINED JUST SHY OF HURRICANE STRENGTH FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS IT HEADED GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE COAST. EARLY ON 4 SEPTEMBER HENRIETTE REACHED HURRICANE STATUS AS IT TURNED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. THE HURRICANE REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 75 KT THAT MORNING WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 75 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE CENTER OF HENRIETTE MADE LANDFALL JUST EAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS AT ABOUT 2100 UTC 4 SEPTEMBER WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 70 KT. CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD... HENRIETTE EMERGED OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA EARLY ON 5 SEPTEMBER. THE BRIEF INTERACTION WITH THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA CAUSED SLIGHT WEAKENING...AND HENRIETTE MADE ITS FINAL LANDFALL AS A 60 KT TROPICAL STORM ALONG THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO...NEAR GUAYMAS... AROUND 0000 UTC 6 SEPTEMBER. HENRIETTE WEAKENED QUICKLY OVER LAND AND DISSIPATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO EARLY THAT DAY. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE AT LEAST NINE FATALITIES IN MEXICO ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO HENRIETTE. SIX OF THESE DEATHS OCCURRED NEAR ACAPULCO DUE TO MUD SLIDES INDUCED BY HEAVY RAINS WHILE THE CENTER OF HENRIETTE PASSED JUST OFFSHORE. TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN-E ORIGINATED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED WESTWARD FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA ON 27 AUGUST AND REACHED THE EASTERN PACIFIC ON 7 SEPTEMBER. THE WAVE MOVED WESTWARD WITH LITTLE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL 18 SEPTEMBER...WHEN THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ON 19 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 1040 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE CYCLONE MOVED SLOWLY WESTWARD UNTIL IT WEAKENED TO A REMNANT LOW THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 1185 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. IVO FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE...AND BECAME A DEPRESSION ON 18 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 400 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM EARLY THE NEXT DAY AS IT MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...AND REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH EARLY ON 20 SEPTEMBER. ROUNDING THE PERIPHERY OF MID-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE...IVO TURNED NORTHWESTWARD AND THEN NORTHWARD...REACHING ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 70 KT LATE ON 20 SEPTEMBER...ABOUT 350 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. IVO TURNED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ON 21 SEPTEMBER AND BEGAN TO WEAKEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WESTERLY SHEAR. IVO WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AND CONTINUED SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BECOMING A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY ON 23 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 130 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. IVO TURNED EASTWARD AND DEGENERATED TO A REMNANT LOW LATER THAT DAY ABOUT 80 N MI SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. JULIETTE FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE COAST OF WEST AFRICA ON 12 SEPTEMBER AND ENTERED THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN ON 23 SEPTEMBER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE GRADUALLY BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED ON 27 SEPTEMBER APPROXIMATELY 300 N MI SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. CONVECTION CONTINUED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND A DEPRESSION IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FORMED AT 0000 UTC 29 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 365 N MI SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION INTENSIFIED TO A TROPICAL STORM LATER THAT DAY AND REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 KT AT 1200 UTC 30 SEPTEMBER. THEREAFTER...STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR...COOLER SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AND A MORE STABLE AIR MASS RESULTED IN WEAKENING AND JULIETTE QUICKLY DEGENERATED INTO A REMNANT LOW BY 1200 UTC 2 OCTOBER. KIKO ORIGINATED FROM THE SAME TROPICAL WAVE THAT SPAWNED TROPICAL STORM MELISSA OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE WAVE CONTINUED WESTWARD AND ENTERED THE EASTERN PACIFIC ON 8 OCTOBER. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... DEVELOPED ALONG THE WAVE AXIS AND THE SYSTEM EVENTUALLY ACQUIRED ENOUGH ORGANIZATION TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY ON 15 OCTOBER...WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 350 N MI SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO. THE DEPRESSION DRIFTED SOUTHWARD FOR A LITTLE OVER A DAY. IT BRIEFLY WAS A TROPICAL STORM ON 16 OCTOBER...BUT WEAKENED BACK TO A DEPRESSION SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE CYCLONE MOVED EASTWARD AND EAST-NORTHEASTWARD WITH A SLOWLY INCREASING FORWARD SPEED. KIKO BECAME A TROPICAL STORM...FOR A SECOND TIME...EARLY ON 17 OCTOBER WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 335 N MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS KIKO MOVED TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AS A MINIMAL STORM TOWARD THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO. BY EARLY ON 19 OCTOBER...KIKO TURNED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AS A RIDGE DEVELOPED OVER MEXICO. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...KIKO MOVED SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY STRENGTHENED...AND REACHED ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 60 KT ON 20 OCTOBER WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 150 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO. KIKO GRADUALLY WEAKENED DUE TO BOTH INCREASING SOUTHERLY SHEAR AND A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY ON 23 OCTOBER....WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 215 N MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION MOVED WESTWARD AND DEGENERATED INTO A REMNANT LOW EARLY ON 24 OCTOBER. THE REMNANT LOW CONTINUED TO MOVE GENERALLY WESTWARD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITHIN THE LOW-LEVEL STEERING FLOW THEN TURNED NORTHWARD BEFORE DISSIPATING EARLY ON 27 OCTOBER. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (KT) DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------- TS ALVIN 27-31 MAY 35 0 TS BARBARA 29 MAY-2 JUN 45 0 TD THREE-E 11-12 JUN 30 0 TD FOUR-E 9-11 JUL 30 0 TD FIVE-E 14-15 JUL 30 0 H COSME 14-23 JUL 65 0 TS DALILA 22-27 JUL 50 0 TS ERICK 31 JUL- 2 AUG 35 0 H FLOSSIE 8-16 AUG 120 0 TS GIL 29 AUG-2 SEP 40 0 H HENRIETTE 30 AUG-6 SEP 75 9 TS THIRTEEN-E 19-20 SEP 30 0 H IVO 18-23 SEP 70 0 TS JULIETTE 29 SEP-2 OCT 50 0 TS KIKO 15-23 OCT 60 0 ------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) $$ HURRICANE SPECIALIST UNIT