User:Wxtrackercody/2009 Pacific hurricane season

Tropical Depression One-E
On May 29, a tropical wave departed the western coast of Africa and moved steadily westward across the Atlantic Ocean, with associated shower and thunderstorm activity confined to the Intertropical Convergence Zone. On June 10, the wave emerged into the eastern Pacific; five days later, a broad area of low pressure formed in association with the disturbance. Convective activity consolidated near the low early on June 18, and the system was declared a tropical depression at 1200 UTC as a result. Curving northward around a mid-level ridge over Mexico, the depression fell just short of tropical storm intensity as the low-level center became increasingly ill-defined. It degenerated into an open trough by 1800 UTC on June 19.

Hurricane Andres
A tropical wave crossed Central America into the eastern Pacific on June 16. Continuing slowly westward, a broad area of low pressure formed in association with the wave on June 20, and convective activity steadily increased. By 1200 UTC on June 21, the wave was declared a tropical depression; six hours later, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Andres. Turning northwestward around a mid-level ridge, the cyclone steadily intensified under favorable atmospheric conditions. At 0600 UTC on June 23, Andres intensified into a Category 1 hurricane and attained peak winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) with a minimum barometric pressure of 984 mb (hPa; 29.06 inHg). Thereafter, the combination of cooler sea surface temperatures, drier air, and strong northeasterly wind shear caused the system to rapidly weaken; at 0000 UTC on June 24, Andres weakened to a tropical storm, and at 1200 UTC that same day, it weakened to a tropical depression. The cyclone turned northward and degenerated into an open trough at 1800 UTC.

Tropical Storm Blanca
A tropical wave moved off the western coast of Africa on June 19 and emerged into the eastern Pacific ten days later. Associated convective activity began to consolidate over a broad area of low pressure on July 4, a trend that continued over the following days. By 0600 UTC on July 6, the disturbance acquired enough organization to be declared a tropical depression while located about 435 mi (700 km) south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It was upgraded to Tropical Storm Blanca six hours later. Steered west-northwest on the southern side of a mid-level ridge, the cyclone continued to organize within a low wind shear environment; at 0000 UTC on July 7, it attained peak winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) before entering increasingly cool sea surface temperatures. At 1200 UTC on July 8, Blanca weakened to a tropical depression, and by 0600 UTC on July 9, the system degenerated into a remnant low. The low dissipated early on July 12.

Storm names
The names on the following list were used to name storms that formed in Northeastern Pacific Ocean during 2009. This is the same list used in the 2003 season and will be reused during 2015 due to the lack of any name retirements. The first Central Pacific name to be used was Lana, when it crossed into the region from the Eastern Pacific. With the naming of Tropical Storm Maka on August 11, this season became the first in seven years to use multiple Central Pacific names.

For storms that form in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility, encompassing the area between 140 degrees west and the International Date Line, all names are used in a series of four rotating lists. The next four names that were slated for use in 2009 are shown below. Three of them, Lana, Maka, and Neki, were used throughout the course of the year.

Season effects
The following table lists all of the storms that have formed in the 2007 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s) (in parentheses), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2007 USD.