User:Storm05/Hurricane Otis (2005)

Hurricane Otis a hurricane that formed during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed on September 28 and persisted in October, dissipating on October 3. Otis was the fifteenth and final pacific storm to be named in 2005. Minor damage and zero fatalities was reported from Otis as the storm brushed Baja California as a tropical depression.

Storm history
The southern portion of the tropical wave which later became Hurricane Philippe crossed Central America and entered the eastern Pacific Ocean on September 22. Convection within the wave increased as the system entered an environment of less wind shear. On September 28, tropical wave became Tropical Depression Fifteen-E as it drifted west-southwestward. The depression then turned northwest where it became better organized despite a decrease in convection.

On September 29, a large burst of convection began to form southeast of the center of circulation. Satellite photographs showed a large band of clouds wrapping around the mid level circulation.