2003 Pacific hurricane season
The 2003 Pacific hurricane season was the first season to feature no major hurricanes – storms of Category 3 intensity or higher – since 1977. The season saw 16 tropical storms form, of which 7 became hurricanes, which is about average. A total of eight Pacific and North Atlantic tropical cyclones had a direct impact in Mexico in 2003, second only to 1971, when 9 did so. Damage across the basin reached USD 129 million, while 23 people were killed by the various storms.
About 2003 Pacific hurricane season in brief
The 2003 Pacific hurricane season was the first season to feature no major hurricanes – storms of Category 3 intensity or higher – since 1977. The season saw 16 tropical storms form, of which 7 became hurricanes, which is about average. A total of eight Pacific and North Atlantic tropical cyclones had a direct impact in Mexico in 2003, second only to 1971, when 9 did so. The most notable cyclones during the year were Hurricanes Ignacio and Marty, which killed 2 and 12 people in Mexico, respectively. The only other significant storm of the season was Hurricane Jimena, which passed just to the south of Hawaii, the first storm to directly threaten Hawaii for several years. Damage across the basin reached USD 129 million, while 23 people were killed by the various storms. The Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index was 53. 381 units in the Eastern Pacific and 3. 265 units in the Central Pacific. This is well above the long-term average of 4. 2 Atlantic and east Pacific storms affecting Mexico. Although the total activity was below average, there was an unusually high number of landfalls in Mexico. Only one tropical depression and one hurricane entered the basin from the east Pacific. In addition, a third system, Tropical Storm Guillermo, weakened to a remnant low just toThe Central Pacific Hurricane Center’s area of responsibility. The total ACE in the basin is 56. 646 units. Although activity was generally low, HurricaneJimena was the. first direct threat to the Hawaiian Islands forSeveral years.
A tropical wave developed into a tropical depression on May 19 well to south of Mexico, as it moved out out to sea. On May 25, shear prevented any further development as the storm moved quickly west-northwest. The storm did not approach land, and it dissipated soon after. On June 17, an organized tropical disturbance interacted with another tropical wave near the southwestern coast of Mexico. It became a tropical storm the next day before reaching its peak winds of 60 mph. The storm then dissipated and it was soon after a tropical Depression, which dissipated. It is the latest formation of the first hurricane of a season recorded in theEast Pacific since reliable satellite observation began in 1966. The first hurricane, Ignacio, formed on August 24. It was the second hurricane of the East Pacific season, and the first in the eastern Pacific Ocean since 1966. There were 16 named storms and 7 hurricanes during the 2003Pacific hurricane season, which was comparable with the long term averages. However, there were no major hurricane season in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This was the first time this had happened in the eastern Pacific since 1977, and is well below the long-term average of four. The season officially started on May 15, 2003, and on June 1, 2003,. in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 2003. The scientists predicted a 50% chance of below normal activity this season, due to expectation that La Niña conditions would develop.
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