hurricane hurricane hurricane pacific hurricane season reach category strength saffir simpson hurricane scale forming july tropical wave storm rapidly intensified tropical depression category days lasted hours intensity weakening sixteen known hurricanes international date line reached intensity heavy waves able reach mexican coastline damages casualties reported relation hurricane hurricane moved westward high pressure ridge undergoing eyewall replacement cycles peak intensity completed hurricane moved cooler waters second brief cycle shortly hurricane began weaken advisory issued hurricane west mexico remnants west los_angeles california finally dissipated rapid intensification weakening reaching peak intensity caused large errors intensity hurricane intensity forecasts track forecasts better usual compared year period prior year meteorological history formed tropical wave left coast africa july wave moved atlantic_ocean caribbean_sea emerging pacific_ocean july wave began organizing day tropical depression july south southeast mexico depression predicted westward presence ridge high pressure controlling movement hurricane douglas low shear warm ocean waters predicted depression reach hurricane strength hours depression began rapid intensification moving westward hours recognized depression system upgraded tropical storm displaying banding features central dense overcast forecast revised predicting storm attain hurricane strength day storm continued rapidly intensify gradually developed banding eye feature infrared satellite images showed possible eyewall central dense overcast hours small eye formed upgraded high end category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale mph winds july eighteen hours having initiated mph tropical depression continued rapidly strengthen breaking dvorak estimates reaching mph hours afterward making category hurricane resulting rare forecast hurricane reach category hurricane moving mph proceeded west northwestward turn displaying eye estimated diameter july reached highest winds category mph possibility briefly category prior advisory issuance indicated later discussion mentioned category status finally analyzed category strength hours time observed formed concentric hurricane moved cooler waters eyewall replacement cycle completed afterward hurricane began weaken irregular fashion inner eyewall dissolved intensity hurricane decreased low level category winds mph time reached edge ridge kept cyclone turning northwest turn northwest beginning hurricane proceeded undergo eyewall replacement cycle lowering intensity category late july eye disappeared satellite weakening trend continued weakened tropical storm july time weakness subtropical ridge allowed storm turn north early july began regaining moderate convection possibly eventually storm weakened depression early july advisory issued area convection north center foot seas area center mexico advisory issued remnant low moved northeast eventually dissipated west los_angeles california impact winds rains associated storm remained far offshore issued national_hurricane_center mentioned caused swells waves hit mexican shore reports damage casualties linked received land advisories needed hurricane report near storm came new century vehicle carrier ship sign center hurricane ship reported winds mph pressure track errors associated hurricane lower errors period intensity proved hard predict leading large errors nhc forecasts errors forecast period hour period worse long term average large errors intensity forecasts blamed rapid intensification hurricane mph winds weakening reaching peak intensity aboard satellite observed recorded peak intensity time observed hurricane originally designed primarily recording oceanic biology water quality land vegetation clouds water
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