Today marks the start of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season. Here's why it starts more than two weeks earlier than the Atlantic season:
Hurricanes and tropical storms in this basin can affect the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii.The Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially begins May 15, and while it's often overshadowed by the Atlantic Basin, it can sometimes bring significant impacts to parts of the United States as we saw last year.The Eastern Pacific season's start date is just over two weeks earlier than the official beginning of the Atlantic season.
Moisture from the remnants of Eastern Pacific storms can sometimes be drawn northward into the Southwest.Hurricane Iniki in 1992 might be the most serious example of the impacts Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones can generate in Hawaii. Iniki is the costliest hurricane in Hawaii's history; It originated in the Eastern Pacific on Sept. 5 and moved into the Central Pacific, where it became a powerful hurricane.
Luckily, the southern eyewall of Douglas passed just north of Maui, Oahu and Kauai, sparing those islands from seeing the worst of the hurricane's strong winds and heavy rainfall.Hawaii approach in 2018 was another close shave for the nation's 50th state. Lane developed over the Eastern Pacific in August 2018 and crossed into the Central Pacific Ocean.
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