2023 Pacific hurricane season

The 2023 Pacific hurricane season is an ongoing event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the northern hemisphere. The season officially began on May 15 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and will begin on June 1 in the Central Pacific; both will end on November 30. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Pacific Ocean basin and are adopted by convention. However, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of the year.

2023 Pacific hurricane season
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedNone yet
Last system dissipatedSeason ongoing
Seasonal statistics
Total fatalitiesNone
Total damageNone
Related articles

Seasonal forecasts
Record Named
storms		 Hurricanes Major
hurricanes		 Ref
Average (1991–2020):1584[1]
Record high activity:1992: 272015: 162015: 11[2]
Record low activity:2010: 82010: 32003: 0[2]
Date Source Named
storms		 Hurricanes Major
hurricanes		 Ref
May 4, 2023SMN16–227–113–5[3]
AreaNamed
storms		HurricanesMajor
hurricanes		Ref
Actual activity:EPAC000
Actual activity:CPAC000
Actual activity:000

Forecasts include weekly and monthly changes in important factors that help determine the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes within a particular year. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the average hurricane season in the Eastern and Central Pacific between 1991 and 2020 contained approximately 15 tropical storms, 8 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. The NOAA generally classifies a season as above average, average, or below average based on the cumulative ACE index, but occasionally the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes within a hurricane season is also considered. Since 2017, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) changed its policy to permit issuance of advisories on disturbances that were not yet tropical cyclones but had a high chance to become one, and were expected to bring tropical storm or hurricane conditions to landmasses within 48 hours. As a result of this change, watches and warnings could be issued by local authorities. Such systems would be termed as "Potential Tropical Cyclones".[4]

On May 4, 2023, the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional issued its forecast for the season, predicting a total of 16–22 named storms, 7–11 hurricanes, and 3–5 major hurricanes to develop.[3] Factors they expected to increase activity were above-average sea surface temperatures across the eastern Pacific and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remaining in the neutral phase, with the possibility of a strong El Niño developing.

Storm names
See also: Tropical cyclone naming § Eastern Pacific Ocean

The following names will be used for named storms that form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean during 2023. Retired names, if any, will be announced by the World Meteorological Organization during the joint 46th Sessions of the RA IV Hurricane Committee in the spring of 2024. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2029 season.[5] This is the same list used in the 2017 season.

  • Adrian (unused)
  • Beatriz (unused)
  • Calvin (unused)
  • Dora (unused)
  • Eugene (unused)
  • Fernanda (unused)
  • Greg (unused)
  • Hilary (unused)
  • Irwin (unused)
  • Jova (unused)
  • Kenneth (unused)
  • Lidia (unused)
  • Max (unused)
  • Norma (unused)
  • Otis (unused)
  • Pilar (unused)
  • Ramon (unused)
  • Selma (unused)
  • Todd (unused)
  • Veronica (unused)
  • Wiley (unused)
  • Xina (unused)
  • York (unused)
  • Zelda (unused)

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.[6] The next four names that will be slated for use in 2023 are shown below.

  • Hone (unused)
  • Iona (unused)
  • Keli (unused)
  • Lala (unused)

Season effects

This is a table of all the storms and that have formed in the 2023 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s), denoted 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 tropical wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in 2023 USD.

Saffir–Simpson scale
TD TS C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
2023 Pacific hurricane season season statistics
Storm
name		 Dates active Storm category
at peak intensity		 Max 1-min
wind
mph (km/h)		 Min.
press.
(mbar)		 Areas affected Damage
(USD)		 Deaths Ref(s)
Season aggregates
0 systems Season ongoing  0 (0) 0 0 0  

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Background Information: East Pacific Hurricane Season". Climate Prediction Center. College Park, Maryland: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May 20, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
    2. National Hurricane Center; Hurricane Research Division; Central Pacific Hurricane Center. "The Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database 1949–2021". United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. A guide on how to read the database is available here Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    3. "Reunión Nacional para dar a conocer el #Pronóstico de la #TemporadaDeLluviasyCiclonesTropicales2023". YouTube.com. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
    4. "Update on National Hurricane Center Products and Services for 2017" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
    5. "Tropical Cyclone Names". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
    6. "Pacific Tropical Cyclone Names 2016–2021". Central Pacific Hurricane Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May 12, 2016. Archived from the original (PHP) on December 30, 2016.
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2023 Pacific hurricane season.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.