2024 Pacific hurricane season
| 2024 Pacific hurricane season | |
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| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | Season not started |
| Last system dissipated | Season not started |
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| Total fatalities | None |
| Total damage | None |
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The 2024 Pacific hurricane season is the upcoming Pacific hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. It will officially begin on May 15, 2024 in the eastern Pacific basin (east of 140°W) and on June 1, 2024 in the central Pacific (between 140°W and the International Date Line); both will end on November 30, 2024. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most subtropical or tropical cyclogenesis occurs in these regions of the Pacific Ocean, however development of tropical cyclones in either basin can occur at any time of the year.[1] The National Hurricane Center (NHC) and Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) will begin issuing regular Tropical Weather Outlooks on May 15, 2024.
Seasonal forecasts[edit]
| Record | Named storms |
Hurricanes | Major hurricanes |
Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average (1991–2020): | 15 | 8 | 4 | [2] | |
| Record high activity: | 1992: 27 | 2015: 16 | 2015: 11 | [3] | |
| Record low activity: | 2010: 8 | 2010: 3 | 2003: 0 | [3] | |
| Date | Source | Named storms |
Hurricanes | Major hurricanes |
Ref |
| May 6, 2024 | SMN | 15–18 | 7–9 | 3–4 | [4] |
| Area | Named storms |
Hurricanes | Major hurricanes |
Ref | |
| Actual activity: | EPAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Actual activity: | CPAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Actual combined activity: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
In advance of each Pacific hurricane season, forecasts of hurricane activity are issued by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Climate Prediction Center and Mexico's Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN). These include weekly and monthly changes in significant factors that help determine the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes within a particular year. According to NOAA, the average eastern Pacific hurricane season between 1991 and 2020 contained roughly 15 tropical storms, 8 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes, with a near-normal accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index between 80 and 115.[2] Broadly speaking, ACE is a measure of the power of a tropical or subtropical storm multiplied by the length of time it existed. It is only calculated for full advisories on specific tropical and subtropical systems reaching or exceeding wind speeds of 39 mph (63 km/h). NOAA typically categorizes a season as above-average, average, or below-average based on the cumulative ACE index, but the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes within a hurricane season is sometimes also considered.[2]
On May 6, 2024, SMN issued its forecast for the season, forecasting a total of 15–18 named storms developing, with 7–9 hurricanes, and 3–4 major hurricanes.[4]
Storm names[edit]
The following list of names will be used for named storms that form in the North Pacific Ocean east of 140°W during 2024.[5] This is the same list used in the 2018 season.[6]
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For storms that form in the North Pacific from 140°W to the International Date Line, the names come from a series of four rotating lists. Names are used one after the other without regard to year, and when the bottom of one list is reached, the next named storm receives the name at the top of the next list.[5]
See also[edit]
- Weather of 2024
- Tropical cyclones in 2024
- Pacific hurricane
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2023–24, 2024–25
- Australian region cyclone seasons: 2023–24, 2024–25
- South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2023–24, 2024–25
References[edit]
- ^ "Hurricanes Frequently Asked Questions". Miami, Florida: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. June 1, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Background Information: Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season". College Park, Maryland: NOAA Climate Prediction Center. May 14, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ a b "Northeast Pacific Ocean Historical Tropical Cyclone Statistics". Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Temporada de Ciclones Tropicales 2024". Mexico City, Mexico: Gobierno de Mexico. May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Tropical Cyclone Names". Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Names". National Hurricane Center. Archived from the original on November 27, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2024.