Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season of 2005

The 2005 eastern North Pacific hurricane season is summarized, the individual tropical cyclones are described, and official track and intensity forecasts are verified and evaluated. The season’s overall activity was, by most measures, below average. While a near-average 15 tropical storms formed, ma...

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Published in:Monthly weather review 2008-03, Vol.136 (3), p.1201-1216
Main Authors: KNABB, Richard D, AVILA, Lixion A, BEVEN, John L, FRANKLIN, James L, PASCH, Richard J, STEWART, Stacy R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cyclones
Data analysis
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Hurricanes
Life cycles
Meteorology
Satellites
Seasons
Storms
Tropical cyclones
Tropical depressions
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Summary:The 2005 eastern North Pacific hurricane season is summarized, the individual tropical cyclones are described, and official track and intensity forecasts are verified and evaluated. The season’s overall activity was, by most measures, below average. While a near-average 15 tropical storms formed, many of them were relatively weak and short-lived. Seven of these storms became hurricanes, but only one reached major hurricane status (an intensity of 100 kt or greater on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale) in the eastern North Pacific basin. One of the hurricanes, Adrian, approached Central America in May but weakened to a tropical depression prior to landfall. Adrian was the only eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone to make landfall during 2005, and it was directly responsible for one fatality.
ISSN:0027-0644
1520-0493
DOI:10.1175/2007MWR2076.1