pacific hurricane season pacific hurricane season active pacific hurricane seasons storms strike mexico officially began eastern north pacific june central north pacific ended november dates conventionally period year tropical cyclones form northeastern pacific_ocean season slightly exceeded bounds tropical storm formed storms formed season tropical cyclones formed season landfall impacted land areas tropical cyclones formed basins entered eastern north pacific_ocean early season tropical cyclones impacted mexico day span cyclone season formed officially began hurricane douglas strongest storm reaching category intensity saffir simpson hurricane scale beginnings atlantic season summary hurricane season officially started eastern pacific june central pacific lasted november dates limit time period tropical cyclones form northeastern pacific_ocean season exceeded limits slightly formation tropical depression ended november dissipation tropical depression season average activity eastern north pacific tropical cyclones formed hurricanes major hurricanes reached category higher saffir simpson hurricane scale remainder tropical storms addition atlantic hurricane crossed zone atlantic_ocean renamed douglas systems eastern north pacific crossed entered central pacific time happened season central north pacific tropical depression formed addition depression crossed western pacific dissipating basin systems reached tropical storm strength terms number storms season average despite large number note fact tropical cyclones approached close landfall mexico day span june july storms tropical storm season early start tropical wave open ocean organized tropical depression depression moved west northwest strengthened tropical storm day tropical storm reached peak intensity maximum sustained winds mph minimum central pressure hpa inhg wind shear steadily weakened cyclone dissipated early system tropical storm form period tropical storm assigned determined tropical storm season storm initially forecast tropical storm information available time warrant upgrade subsequently wind reports relayed national_hurricane_center suggested cyclone tropical storm tropical cyclone impacted ships called near fringes storm escaped provided wind observations communications vessel lost utc despite search ship person crew found tropical depression area disturbed weather convergence zone developed tropical depression disturbance readily tropical wave atlantic day existence tropical depression organized system maximum sustained winds mph minimum central pressure mbar inhg slowly moved west experienced intermittent bursts convection depression gradually organized remainder life cyclone organization deteriorated markedly dissipated morning tropical depression threatened land consequently reports deaths damage hurricane alma june southern tropical wave spawned tropical storm arthur atlantic overcame shear strengthen tropical depression reached tropical storm intensity day shear relaxed alma strengthened hurricane weak steering currents sent alma mexican coast landfall near june immediately went sea alma slowly paralleled coast topography disrupted cyclone circulation alma weakened tropical storm intensity june tropical depression intensity june dissipated day alma maximum winds mph alma minimum pressure mbar inhg hurricane alma consecutive storms come close landfall pacific_coast mexico day span possibly people killed killed house near collapsed unconfirmed reports people killed floods state caused alma rains trees downed power knocked places roads flooded covered debris affected area hurricane june tropical wave developed convection tropical depression moved north slowly intensified rate intensification increased depression tropical storm june reached hurricane intensity june peaked winds mph central pressure mbar inhg landfall june midway acapulco moved offshore turning southwest dissipated july south general forecast storm short time system tropical storm intensity long range forecasts verified average errors half days future caused deaths person killed nearby people drowned missing acapulco child killed roof collapsed rain heavy impacted region highest totals guerrero highest total east point landfall tropical storm july tropical wave organized location depression easternmost depression eventually hurricane paul season strengthened tropical storm july continued west northwest track hurricane time landfall near july peak strength occurred landfall mph mbar inhg dissipated mountains mexico july intensity track forecast tropical cyclone short life small number forecasts limited approaching mexican government issued tropical storm warning coast july tropical storm killed person fisherman aboard boat caught sea person boat missing individual rescued fishing boats total people aboard missing fate unknown national_hurricane_center received reports damage tropical storm flooding storm surge damage wind produced rain tropical depression july persistent area thunderstorms organized tropical depression weak steering currents slowly moved northwest easterly wind shear development system despite wind shear forecast strengthen tropical storm instead weakened clouds advisories ended july tropical depression dissipated july peak strength winds mph central pressure mbar inhg cyclone came ashore consequently reports damage deaths received national_hurricane_center hurricane douglas hurricane douglas continuation crossed central_america continuing nearly west heading tropical storm entered pacific july quickly regained hurricane status douglas strengthened days turned west northwest paralleling coast mexico reached peak intensity august winds mph central pressure mbar inhg making strongest hurricane season category strength slow weakening began august entered cooler waters officially dissipated august like pacific hurricanes remnant circulation tracked westward days afterward compared long average hurricane douglas forecast storm cyclone passed close mexico tropical storm warning starting july coast acapulco watch section coast watches warnings discontinued july hurricane douglas brought rain south coast mexico resulted storm surge deaths damages attributed douglas portion hurricane douglas tropical depression seventeen tropical depression formed august area low pressure area crossed august continued head east passing close dissipated august remnants system hung area days strongest central north seventeen winds mph pressure mbar inhg seventeen brought light winds gusts reaching gale force brought rain cyclone dissipated showers gusty winds continued occur days tropical cyclone cross international direction season tropical storm tropical wave organized tropical depression august cyclone paralleled coast mexico gradually despite wind shear strengthened tropical storm september named september came close southern tip baja california peninsula peak intensity mbar inhg winds mph cyclone drifted cooler waters devoid deep convection september dissipated day storm forecast slightly better long term averages eastern posed threat baja california peninsula require tropical storm warning baja south cabo san september warning lifted september threat ended moderate heavy rains fell association tropical cyclone southwest mexico baja california peninsula falling southwest mainland mexico measured maximum baja california passing offshore tropical storm killed people affected caused known damage hurricane precursor disturbance noticed venezuela early august related tropical wave spawned hurricane september wave crossed central_america pacific steadily organized upgraded tropical storm september intensified rapidly reached hurricane intensity september peaking sustained winds knots minimum central pressure hurricane weakened approaching trough increased shear storm trough turned storm north september landfall minimal hurricane baja california day september storm turned northeastward dissipated inland sierra range second landfall hurricane extratropical remnants briefly northern mexico state texas soon lost identity heavy rainfall accompanied passage cyclone storm total inches reported damage mexico relatively minor single casualty caused downed power line damage totaled usd tropical depression tropical disturbance organized tropical depression september headed west september day turned west days heading west northwest september soon began weaken dissipated day intense tropical depression winds mph unknown pressure tropical cyclone caused known impact came near land tropical storm area disturbed weather containing convection formed september moved westward incident september developed stronger convection tropical depression immediately strengthened tropical storm named continued westward track slowly got better organized reached peak intensity mbar inhg mph september tropical storm turned west southwest steering currents collapsed cyclone began time erratic motion included loops erratic motion exposed wind shear tropical storm weakened tropical depression october october shear temporarily weakened tropical depression tropical storm cyclone wandering continued dry air dry air weakened system depression second time october dissipated day brief ups convection seen days tropical storm poorly forecast storm tropical cyclone prediction models indicated northwesterly track happened intensified system addition advisories tropical depression discontinued october resumed days later later analysis determined tropical depression time tropical storm came near land consequently watches warnings required location tropical cyclone impact land hurricane september tropical wave organized strengthening ensued depression strengthened tropical storm hours later named initial track west system gradually started center circulation reformed briefly turned northwest october close coast strengthened hurricane day late october early october closely paralleled coast interaction land weakened cyclone landfall october near minimal hurricane land weakened cyclone time emerged ocean north disorganized dissipated october strongest hurricane winds mph central pressure mbar inhg national_hurricane_center forecasts hurricane generally forecast slightly worse average system errors tropical cyclone prediction models attributed mainly terms intensity system correctly predicted hurricane advisories eventual intensity coast acapulco tropical storm warning issued october hurricane watch issued october upgraded warning later day october coast placed tropical storm warning hurricane warning extended cabo october hurricane warning extended tropical storm warning extended landfall sparsely populated area killed homes damaged destroyed people injured flooding occurred flooding caused washed roads areas telephone service interrupted power outages occurred coasts waves caused reached height tropical depression system acquired convection organized considered tropical depression november environment initially favourable system upgraded tropical storm forecast wind shear kept cyclone weak convection eventually destroyed advisories ended november dissipated november deaths damages reported storms tropical depression according september tropical depression crossed entering area responsibility storm wasn included database storm eventually extratropical september open waters season effects accumulated cyclone energy ace accumulated cyclone energy ace measure active season found taking tropical storm hurricane knots hours adding results dividing total ace season makes normal season lowest totals recorded seasons lower totals storm names following names named storms formed eastern pacific names assigned marked gray names retired season list season storms form area responsibility encompassing area degrees west international date line names series rotating lists names slated use shown
1996 Pacific hurricane season