Forum:2009 Pacific hurricane season

96. E Invest
NHC's has this at high risk. It has an EYE. Will bypass TD stage? 70.189.242.229
 * Lastes TWO says:

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 1025 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 70.189.242.229
 * Update:

A 1007 MB LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED 1025 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS OCCURRING ...AND IT APPEARS THAT A CENTER MAY BE FORMING CLOSER TO DEEP CONVECTION. THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF OF ORGANIZATION AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. COMPUTER MODELS ALSO SUGGEST AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW.

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TCFA. 70.189.242.229

Tropical Depression 15E
Up on NHC. Not forecast to do much, just get a name and spin some fish around. --Patteroast 10:09, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Heading very dry air. 70.68.3.192 17:08, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

I predict it to peak at 40 mph. 70.189.242.229

Tropical Storm Linda
60 mph, 997 mb. 70.189.242.229

Aol:500 West of the Panama/El Salvador Border
GFDL predicts TD. Belive it or not, a small area of this is SOUTH of the monsoon trough. 70.189.242.229

Aol:420 Miles east Of Colima
Labor day is hurricane day! Flare up in convection! 70.189.242.229

Aol: Just offshore Mexico
Convection stable for several hours, but it is on the increasing trend. 70.189.242.229

97E.Invest
Banding EYE forming!!! 70.189.242.229

Tropical Depression Sixteen-E
Here comes some convection 70.189.242.229

Tropical Storm Marty
Upgraded. Should be short-lived. --Patteroast 16:39, September 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Going poof. Down to TD, next advisory could probably be the last. --Patteroast 16:21, September 19, 2009 (UTC)

98E.INVEST
High risk from NHC, south of the tip of Baja. They seem to expect it to be a TD any time, now. --Patteroast 16:19, September 19, 2009 (UTC)

Poof. 70.189.242.229

Tropical Storm Nora
Tropical Storm Nora's formed, formerly 99E.INVEST and TD17E. More of the same, not predicted to do much of anything. --Patteroast 11:51, September 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * GFDL predicts moderate Cat 2, HWRIF predicts strong Cat 1. 70.189.242.229

Poof. 70.189.242.229

Tropical Depression Eighteen-E
You know the routine. Formed, might become a storm, will be short-lived and won't affect land. --Patteroast 18:23, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Olaf
Upgraded. --Patteroast 21:13, October 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hm. I may have been off on the part about not affecting land. Looking like it's going to hit Baja, although probably only as a remnant low. --Patteroast 06:27, October 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like it is becoming ET as it gets absorbed into a front. 70.189.242.229

92E.INVEST
Medium risk on NHC. "ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS." --Patteroast 20:56, October 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * May affect land too, from the tropical weather discussion: AS FOR THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE... GLOBAL MODELS SHOW THE LOW LEVEL CENTER STALLING THROUGH TODAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT...THEN SHIFTING TO THE N AND NE LATE SAT AND SUN AS ANOTHER MID TO UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE AREA. --Hurricane Diana 21:12, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

At the same time some models take 92E onshore in Mexico. 70.189.242.229
 * THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 18N106W...OR ABOUT 120 NM SW OF CABO CORRIENTES. THE LOW HAS BECOME BETTER DEFINED IN VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY WITH SOME BANDING FEATURES NOTED IN THE E SEMICIRCLE OF THE LOW WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION NOTED ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO FROM TECOMAN THROUGH MANZANILLO TO NEAR CABO CORRIENTES. I do want to add that it's set as a 1009 mb low in the 1800 UTC surface analysis and shown as strengthening to 1008 in the next 24 hours while moving northwest. We may have something here. --Hurricane Diana 00:16, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * High risk now. 70.189.242.229
 * TCFA is up on JTWC, next TWO should be out any minute. --Hurricane Diana 17:26, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Still red, says that a tropical depression could form today or tonight. --Hurricane Diana 17:53, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

TD 19-E
Upgraded. 70.189.242.229

TS Patrica
Upgraded. 70.189.242.229
 * Interesting, the Forecast track has this being a min-Jimena and conditions remain favorable for intensification. Anyone think Cat 2 other than me? 70.189.242.229
 * Looking quite pathetic at the moment, they may be too nice giving it 50 mph and they say that they might be generous... Tropical Storm warnings up though. --Hurricane Diana 23:04, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

TD 20
Ladies and gents, a new storm is out there. It is forecast to become Rick by tomorrow, and then by this weekend, it could become a strong major hurricane(135 mph or higher winds), and threaten western Mexico. 76.29.112.198 23:09, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Hurricane Rick
Eye developing! 70.189.242.229
 * Huh. NHC still says it's a storm at the moment, but this storm is VERY interesting. Official forecast makes it a cat 4. Geez. --Patteroast 07:08, October 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Conditions seem almost perfect for becoming a major hurricane, especially with the extremely high chance the SHIPS model gives of Rapid Intensification, at an insane 82%. They even mention that Rick could get much stronger than forecast, let's hope that's not the case. --Hurricane Diana 07:40, October 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * I have seen higher (Jimena) RI' . I do not it will get stronger than Jimena though now up to Cat 2.
 * Yeah, 82% is still way too high for my liking though. Oh, that and it's now a category 4 and still strengthening. I think I might need a nap, lol. --Hurricane Diana 11:27, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

Major Hurricane Rick
Upgraded to cat4 as HD says. Would not be surprised to see get upgraded further to a Cat 5 at 8 which would break Elida, BTW

Retirement at glance
Andres 5%-Minor damage, usually late for first named storm, though I do not know why this on the list in the first place.

Blanca 2% Not a dud, but no damage.

Carlos 3% A rare way of weaken, small, low-latitude, but no damage.

Dolores 0% Dud

Lana 2% Similar to Blanca

Enrique 1% Similar to Dolores

Felicia 31% Only minor to moderate damage in Hawaii but was worse than Fefa which got itself retired.

Guillermo 4% Dud, but rare path.

Hilda 0% Dud

Ignacio 0% Dud

Jimena 97% Whoa, Whoa, what happened here? Severe Damage in Baja, third worst hurricane in the region not consirding since it gets hit twice a yer theses days. Dont forget that it became a hurricane Faster than Humby, yes Humby.

Kevin 1% Dud

Linda 1% Dud

Marty 1% Dud

Nora 0% Dud

Olaf 4% Not enough impact. 70.189.242.229


 * Hm. Jimena has to get retired, I'd be completely shocked if it wasn't. Felicia I don't see retiring, same for Andres. The rest really aren't worthy of retiring at all, though remembering 1997, which used this list, I wonder why a couple weren't retired earlier (Mainly Linda, no impact but strongest in the basin since they started routine tracking, and Nora, just for the hitting northern Baja as a hurricane and being a tropical storm well into Arizona/California). This year's versions didn't do anything though. --Hurricane Diana 02:02, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Honestly, considering how rarely EPac names get retired, I'd put Jimena at maybe 50-50 and everything else at nil. Also, isn't it the idea to not retire hurricanes if they have no impact? :P--Patteroast 10:49, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Jimena had a better chance than Norbert. Jimena tied or set many records, Norbert did not. Jimena was much stronger, the strongest the Western Hemisphere has even seen since September 2007. 70.189.242.229
 * It's true that storms rarely get retired, but storms also don't have a huge impact like Jimena too often in the EPac. But I still stand by my thought that the strongest hurricane ever in the basin, 1997 Linda, should have been retired for that record alone, but I'm not the one to decide these things, just my opinion. (Oops, forgot to sign in, that IP was me >>) --Hurricane Diana 17:21, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Their an even more storm that should have been retired. Norbert 08 (Happy Anniversary), Liza 76, Kathleen 76, Nora 97, Paul 82. i think the WMO hesitates. Hopefully, the WMO will retire Jimena assuming that Felecia does not get retired. 70.189.242.229


 * I could see Jimena being retired, but because Pacific retirements are random, I can't say for sure. By the way, TD 20E formed just a few hours ago, and forecast says cat. 4, up to 140 mph winds, and worse, possible recurvature towards Mexico next week! 76.29.112.198 23:06, October 15, 2009 (UTC)