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A new Lemon SSW of Acapulco has been tagged 98E. SHIPS takes it to a 'cane generally heading WNW.

With TS Flossie getting ready to pass through the Hawaiian islands, I was wondering about the frequency of east Pac storms hitting the islands and have any ever made it all the way to west Pac? Ptarmigan?:)

TexasBreeze wrote:With TS Flossie getting ready to pass through the Hawaiian islands, I was wondering about the frequency of east Pac storms hitting the islands and have any ever made it all the way to west Pac? Ptarmigan?:)

Hawaii has been hit by East Pacific Storms. The last East Pacific storm was Jimena in 2003. Usually remnants hit Hawaii.

If you are talking about East/Central Pacific Storms crossing over to the West Pacific, that has happened.

Storms That Entered West Pacific From Central/East Pacific
Patsy (1959)
Virginia (1968) Formed In West Pacific and Crossed Into Central Pacific
Carmen (1980)
Skip (1985)
Georgette (1986)
Enrique (1991)
John (1994)
Li (1994)
Paka (1997)
Dora (1999)
Jimena (2003)
Ioke (2006)

East Pacific
Georgette (1986)
Enrique (1991)
Li (1994)
John (1994)
Dora (1999)
Jimena (2003)

Hurricane John is the longest lived tropical cyclone. It lasted for 31 days and has a life time ACE total of 70.6.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaii_hurricanes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pa ... rn_Pacific
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_John_(1994)

99E continues to organize well offshore of the Pacific coast of Mexico and the NCEP Ensemble TS Genesis Probabilities are increasing with a potential developing cyclone SW of the Gulf of Tehuantepec as a favorable MJO pulse moves E across the Pacific.

Ptarmigan wrote:

TexasBreeze wrote:With TS Flossie getting ready to pass through the Hawaiian islands, I was wondering about the frequency of east Pac storms hitting the islands and have any ever made it all the way to west Pac? Ptarmigan?:)

Hawaii has been hit by East Pacific Storms. The last East Pacific storm was Jimena in 2003. Usually remnants hit Hawaii.

If you are talking about East/Central Pacific Storms crossing over to the West Pacific, that has happened.

Storms That Entered West Pacific From Central/East Pacific
Patsy (1959)
Virginia (1968) Formed In West Pacific and Crossed Into Central Pacific
Carmen (1980)
Skip (1985)
Georgette (1986)
Enrique (1991)
John (1994)
Li (1994)
Paka (1997)
Dora (1999)
Jimena (2003)
Ioke (2006)

East Pacific
Georgette (1986)
Enrique (1991)
Li (1994)
John (1994)
Dora (1999)
Jimena (2003)

Hurricane John is the longest lived tropical cyclone. It lasted for 31 days and has a life time ACE total of 70.6.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaii_hurricanes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pa ... rn_Pacific
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_John_(1994)

Thanks for the reply! That happens more than I thought.

The E Pac train is beginning! Another orange 40 south of Baha.