Season starts officially at EPAC

[cycloneye]

Today it begins in the EPAC and let's see how it will be in that basin and on average 16 systems form.

Here are the names for the EPAC season in 2003:

Andres
Blanca
Carlos
Dolores
Felicia
Guillermo
Hilda
Ignacio
Jimena
Kevin
Linda
Marty
Nora
Olaf
Patricia
Rick
Sandra
Terry
Vivian
Waldo
Xina
York
Zelda

Of those names Linda comes to mind because she was a strong cat 5(185) mph six years ago without affecting any land.

[wx247]

Welcome to EPAC Hurricane Season! Thanks for posting the list of names.

[mf_dolphin]

WooooHooooo! The season has started! At least the "other" season has.

[Stormsfury]

Some images of Powerful Hurricane Linda in 1997 that Cycloneye mentioned in the above post. I believe Linda holds the record for strongest sustained winds in an EPAC hurricane at 185mph.




Winds are in KNOTS...
Date: 09-17 SEP 1997
Hurricane LINDA
ADV LAT LON TIME WIND PR STAT
1 13.30 -106.20 09/09/21Z 30 1006 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
2 13.80 -106.70 09/10/03Z 30 1005 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
3 14.30 -106.70 09/10/09Z 35 1003 TROPICAL STORM
4 14.70 -107.10 09/10/15Z 50 998 TROPICAL STORM
5 15.10 -107.40 09/10/21Z 55 994 TROPICAL STORM
6 15.70 -107.60 09/11/03Z 65 987 HURRICANE-1
7 16.00 -108.20 09/11/09Z 75 980 HURRICANE-1
8 16.00 -108.50 09/11/15Z 100 960 HURRICANE-3
9 16.10 -108.80 09/11/21Z 130 935 HURRICANE-4
10 16.90 -109.30 09/12/03Z 150 910 HURRICANE-5
11 17.50 -110.10 09/12/09Z 160 900 HURRICANE-5
12 18.00 -110.60 09/12/15Z 160 900 HURRICANE-5
13 18.70 -111.20 09/12/21Z 160 900 HURRICANE-5
14 19.60 -112.30 09/13/03Z 160 900 HURRICANE-5
15 20.20 -113.50 09/13/09Z 150 910 HURRICANE-5
16 20.70 -114.60 09/13/15Z 150 915 HURRICANE-5
17 21.00 -115.80 09/13/21Z 130 930 HURRICANE-4
18 21.30 -117.40 09/14/03Z 125 935 HURRICANE-4
19 21.50 -118.30 09/14/09Z 105 955 HURRICANE-3
20 21.90 -119.50 09/14/15Z 90 965 HURRICANE-2
21 22.10 -120.70 09/14/21Z 80 963 HURRICANE-1
22 22.40 -121.80 09/15/03Z 75 962 HURRICANE-1
23 22.90 -122.80 09/15/09Z 70 975 HURRICANE-1
24 23.00 -123.60 09/15/15Z 55 985 TROPICAL STORM
25 23.00 -124.50 09/15/21Z 50 994 TROPICAL STORM
26 22.70 -125.30 09/16/03Z 45 998 TROPICAL STORM
27 22.80 -125.50 09/16/09Z 40 1000 TROPICAL STORM
28 22.90 -126.10 09/16/15Z 35 1005 TROPICAL STORM
29 22.80 -126.90 09/16/21Z 35 1004 TROPICAL STORM
30 22.80 -127.10 09/17/03Z 35 1004 TROPICAL STORM
31 22.80 -127.50 09/17/09Z 35 1004 TROPICAL STORM
32 23.00 -128.00 09/17/15Z 30 1005 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
33 23.60 -128.20 09/17/21Z 30 1005 TROPICAL DEPRESSION

[wx247]

WOW! Thanks for the pics. Very nice structure. That eye is so well defined. Thank goodness it did not hit any land.

[cycloneye]

Thanks SF for posting that great pic of Linda.

[Steve]

If you look at the EPAC today, there is that scattered pop-corn type convection that often precedes development. I guess we'll see.

Steev

[cycloneye]

Yes from that pop-corn type of convection then they join and be one concentrated blob so let's see what comes out of that area.

[pojo]

Linda did come to mind...For some reason, I thought she was retired...but guess not.

[cycloneye]

No Shannon Linda was not retired because it did not affect any landmass but if it were the contrary then yes Linda would be out of the list.

[Anonymous]

I remember how Linda did briefly threaten the tip of Baja California during its peak strength. Fortunately Linda ran into cooler SSTs and weak steering currents, so it ended up dissipating well offshore. Being the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the EPAC, I can imagine how scary it was for those residents.

Btw, there is one new name up there. Anyone know? I'm sure Ticka does. Below is the storm, Pauline, that was retired.



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