PAST HURRICANES/TROPICAL STORMS:1998

EASTERN PACIFIC PAGE


EASTERN PACIFIC CYCLONES

1998

#
NAME
TYPE
MAX WIND
MIN PRES
HURR CAT
LANDFALL
DATE
1
AGATHA
TS
65 mph/
55 kts
992 mb/29.29"
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6/11-6/16
2
TWO-E
TD
35 mph/
30 kts
1005 mb/29.68"
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6/19-6/21
3
BLAS
MH
140 mph/
120 kts
945 mb/27.91"
4
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6/22-6/30
4
CELIA
TS
60 mph/
50 kts
1000 mb/27.53"
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7/17-7/20
5
DARBY
MH
120 mph/
105 kts
960 mb/28.35"
3
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7/23-7/31
6
ESTELLE
MH
132 mph/
115 kts
950 mb/28.05"
4
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7/29-8/08

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AGATHA(6/11-6/16)

MAX WINDS=65 MPH MIN PRESS=992 mb CATEGORY=TS

Agatha Tracking Chart

Agatha Tracking Details

 AGATHA...THE FIRST STORM OF THE SEASON...FORMED ON 11 JUNE ABOUT 450 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM 13 JUNE. AGATHA MOVED ON A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK REACHING A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 55 KNOTS ON 14 JUNE. AGATHA DISSIPATED OVER COOLER WATERS ON 16 JUNE.

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TWO-E(6/19-6/21)

MAX WINDS=35 MPH MIN PRESS=1005 mb CATEGORY=TD

Two-E Tracking Chart

Two-E Tracking Details

 TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-E DEVELOPED ON 19 JUNE ABOUT 250 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND MOVED ON A GENERALLY NORTHWEST TRACK. THE SYSTEM DISSIPATED ON 21 JUNE.

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BLAS(6/22-6/30)

MAX WINDS=140 MPH MIN PRESS=945 mb CATEGORY=MAJ HURR 4

Blas Tracking Chart

Blas Tracking Details

 BLAS FORMED AROUND 400 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC ON 22 JUNE. BLAS MOVED ON A WEST-NORTHWEST HEADING FOR SEVERAL DAYS REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY OF 120 KNOTS...A CATEGORY FOUR ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...ON 25 JUNE ABOUT 270 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. BY 26 JUNE THE SYSTEM TURNED TO A MORE WESTERLY COURSE AND BEGAN TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERED PROGRESSIVELY COOLER WATERS...DISSIPATING ON 30 JUNE. THE PRIMARY IMPACT OF BLAS WAS HEAVY SURF ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO.

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CELIA(7/17-7/20)

MAX WINDS=60 MPH MIN PRESS=1000 mb CATEGORY=TS

Celia Tracking Chart

Celia Tracking Details

 CELIA FORMED ABOUT 150 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO ON THE 17TH. AFTER QUICKLY STRENGTHENING INTO A TROPICAL STORM...IT MOVED NORTHWESTWARD...THREATENING BAJA CALIFORNIA. ITS CENTER PASSED WITHIN ABOUT 130 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS EARLY ON THE 18TH. CELIA'S MOTION BECAME WEST-NORTHWESTWARD LATER THAT DAY AND THE STORM THEN REACHED ITS MAXIMUM STRENGTH...WITH ESTIMATED 50 KNOT WINDS. CELIA THEN TURNED TOWARD THE WEST... GRADUALLY WEAKENING TO DISSIPATION WELL WEST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.

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DARBY(7/23-8/01)

MAX WINDS=120 MPH MIN PRESS=960 mb CATEGORY=MAJ HURR 3

Darby Tracking Chart

Darby Tracking Details

 DARBY FORMED ON THE 23RD ABOUT 625 NAUTICAL MILES TO THE SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS. IT MOVED RATHER STEADILY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND CROSSED INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE BASIN ON THE 29TH. WHILE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC...DARBY UNDERWENT A PERIOD OF RAPID STRENGTHENING...WITH WINDS INCREASING FROM ABOUT 30 KNOTS LATE ON THE 23RD TO ABOUT 100 KT 36 HOURS LATER. ITS INTENSITY THEN FLUCTUATED SLIGHTLY BEFORE A SIGNIFICANT WEAKENING TREND BEGAN ON THE 28TH IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF SOMEWHAT COOLER WATERS AND STRONGER WIND SHEAR. AT PRESENT...DARBY IS DISSIPATING WELL NORTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

DARBY ENTERED THE CENTRAL PACIFIC FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC ON THE EVENING OF JULY 28...MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST. THIS WAS THE FIRST HURRICANE DAY IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC SINCE SEPTEMBER 01 1994 DURING HURRICANE KRISTY. THE STORM WAS ALREADY IN A WEAKENING TREND AND WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM EARLY ON JULY 29. ITS INTENSITY CONTINUED TO DIMINISH BEFORE BEING DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON THE EVENING OF JULY 30 WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 400 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. DARBY FINALLY DISSIPATED NORTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 31.

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ESTELLE(7/23-8/01)

MAX WINDS=132 MPH MIN PRESS=950 mb CATEGORY=MAJ HURR 4

Estelle Tracking Chart

Estelle Tracking Details

 ESTELLE FORMED ON THE 29TH A FEW HUNDRED MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. ITS INITIAL COURSE HAS BEEN WESTWARD AND...AT PRESENT...IT IS A HURRICANE WITH 95 KNOT MAXIMUM WINDS ABOUT 550 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS.

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