hurricane intense pacific hurricanes record second category hurricanes active pacific hurricane season developing westward tracking tropical wave open waters july pre tropical depression initially large disorganized gradual development took place following day rapid intensification began july storm intensified hurricane later category storm july reached intensity crossed fourth consecutive storm storm peaked early july winds mph barometric pressure estimated mbar hpa inhg following day unknown factors caused storm suddenly weaken increasing wind shear took storm gradually weakened duration existence turning slowly northwest late july storm brushed bringing gusty winds light rainfall region persisted july time downgraded tropical depression dissipated open waters meteorological history originated tropical wave moved coast africa traversed atlantic_ocean second week july wave little note crossed central_america entered hurricane basin july convection began increase system remained disorganized tracking westward gradual development took place leading dvorak classification initiated july hours later national_hurricane_center nhc designated system tropical depression seven strong ridge situated north depression steered system steadily westward movement remain storm existence depression initially hard locate large size following increase organization depression intensified tropical storm early july time named deep convection developed center circulation day banding features apparent west south sides storm hours tropical storm quickly intensified hurricane low wind shear warm sea surface temperatures recorded ship near hurricane allowed storm undergo rapid intensification rate intensification continued july resulting system attaining category status saffir simpson hurricane scale time small defined eye developed center hurricane surrounded deep convection july storm crossed entering area responsibility entering region fourth consecutive cyclone region hours later attained peak intensity category hurricane winds mph barometric pressure estimated mbar hpa inhg maintaining intensity roughly hours storm abruptly weakened hours maximum winds decreased mph mph low end category hurricane reason sudden weakening unknown tropical upper trough originally located storm providing favorable flow shifted westward international date line additionally storm eye obscured clouds maintaining category intensity hours combination increasing wind shear outflow resumed weakening trend late july hurricane weakened tropical storm winds fell mph threshold weakening noted storm intensified slightly shortly downgraded following morning center devoid convection exposing low level circulation time weakening storm began west northwesterly track eventually taking storm late july gradual weakening continued place rest storm existence leading tropical depression july hours declared tropical depression storm dissipated early july open waters south impact hurricane impact island received light rain wind gusts near gale force surf loss life damage reported retired season seasons requested names retired memorable threat damage proposal accepted remains list
Hurricane Gilma (1994)