[ [http://ams.allenpress.com/pdfserv/10.1175%2F1520-0493(1983)111%3C1080:ENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2] Dead link|date=May 2008] ]Tropical Depression Two-E
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Formed=May 31
Dissipated=June 4
1-min winds=30This system originated as a low in the western Caribbean Sea on the morning of May 27. The next day it moved southwest into Guatemala with significant thunderstorm activity, emerging into the Gulf of Tehuantepec around noon on May 29. By May 31, it was organized enough to be considered a tropical depression. Slowly weakening on June 1 as it remained quasi-stationary, the system dissipated in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 4.
Tropical Depression Three-E
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Formed=June 13
Dissipated=June 15
1-min winds=25This cyclone formed well to the west-southwest of Mexico on June 12. The depression slowly recurved due to an upper level low located well to its north-northwest. By June 15, vertical wind shear had taken its toll and the system dissipated about 300 mi (500 km) north of where it formed.
Tropical Storm Bud
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Bud 1982 track.pngFormed=June 15
Dissipated=June 17
1-min winds=45On June 15, this cyclone formed about 400 nm (740 km) southwest of Acapulco. Drifting west-northwest, it quickly strengthened into a tropical storm. Maximum sustained winds peaked near 45 kt/50 mph (80 km/h) late on June 15. Turning south of due west, vertical wind shear weakened Bud, with the cyclone dissipating by the morning of June 17 about 200 nm/370 km north-northwest of Clipperton Island.
Tropical Depression Five-E
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Formed=June 17
Dissipated=June 19
1-min winds=30Late on June 16, deep convection organized in the Gulf of Tehuantepec into a tropical depression. Transcribing a small clockwise loop, the system moved west-northwest. Interaction with Mexico likely played a role in its weakening as water temperatures under the system were never below 28C/82F. The system dissipated about 150 km (90 mi) south of Puerto Ángel by the morning of June 19.
Tropical Storm Carlotta
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Carlotta 1982 track.pngFormed=July 1
Dissipated=July 6
1-min winds=50A tropical wave crossed Central America on June 26, creating an area of thunderstorms just inside the tropical eastern Pacific that morning. Cyclonic turning was evident by the night of June 30 while located roughly 350 mi/550 km south of Manzanillo as the system continued westward. Slowly turning northwest, the system was upgraded to a tropical depression early on July 1 and a tropical storm by nightfall. Maximum sustained winds increased to 60 mph (97 km/h)/50 knots by noon July 3. Increasingly southwest flow aloft turned Carlotta more northward into cooler waters, causing the cyclone to regain tropical depression status on the evening of July 4, ultimately dissipating southwest of Cabo San Lucas the next evening.
Tropical Depression Seven-E
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Formed=July 3
Dissipated=July 3
1-min winds=30The system formed between Tropical Storm Carlotta and the Hawaiian Islands on the evening of July 2. Slowly recurving north and northeast, the system moved into cooler waters and dissipated about 100 mi/160 km north of where it formed by the afternoon of July 3.
Hurricane Daniel
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Daniel 1982 track.pngFormed=July 7
Dissipated=July 22
1-min winds=100Tropical Depression Eight-E formed south of Mexico on July 7. Moving west-northwest, the cyclone slowly strengthened into a tropical storm around noon on July 8 before becoming a hurricane late in the afternoon of July 9. Daniel reached its maximum intensity of 100 kt/115 mph (185 km/h) early in the morning of July 11 a few hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. As the storm moved westward, it slowly weakened. Daniel regained tropical storm status during the night of July 14, entering the Central Pacific Basin as a weakening tropical storm on the morning of July 16. Daniel retained tropical storm intensity for the next few days before weakening into a tropical depression about 280 miles (450 km) south southwest of the Big Island of Hawaii, being sheared by the same upper trough that caused Emilia's dissipation a few days earlier. Daniel turned northward, and on July 22, dissipated in the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii. [ [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1982.php The 1982 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season ] ] ]Tropical Storm Emilia
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Emilia 1982 track.pngFormed=July 12
Dissipated=July 15
1-min winds=55Tropical Depression Nine-E developed near 10.0° N 136.5° W on the morning of July 12. Intensifying, the cyclone became a tropical storm later that day. Emilia moved westward around 11 kt/13 mph (21 km/h) and entered the Central Pacific Basin on the night of July 12. Over the next day, the storm moved west-northwest, reaching maximum sustained winds of 55 knots/65 mph (105 km/h). An upper trough to the west weakened Emilia rapidly due to vertical wind shear, and the cyclone weakened to tropical depression status early on the morning of July 15. Dissipation of the tropical depression was noted by afternoon.
Tropical Depression Ten-E
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Formed=July 14
Dissipated=July 14
1-min winds=30To the east of Daniel, a tropical depression formed on the evening of July 13 a few hundred miles west-southwest of Manzanillo. The system moved westward and weakened thereafter, dissipating about 200 mi/320 km west of where it had formed by the afternoon of July 14.
Tropical Depression Eleven-E
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Formed=July 16
Dissipated=July 17
1-min winds=30A tropical disturbance was spotted about 930 km/650 mi southwest of Acapulco on July 12. By the evening of July 15, cyclonic turning was evident and the system was upgraded to a tropical depression. Moving unsteadily to the west-northwest, the system weakened, dissipating a few hundred miles west-northwest of where it had formed.
Hurricane Fabio
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Fabio 1982 track.pngFormed=July 17
Dissipated=July 25
1-min winds=70The cyclone developed as a tropical depression southeast of Manzanillo on July 17. Over the next couple of days, it strengthened rapidly into a hurricane as it moved northwest, peaking in intensity with 75 mph (121 km/h)/65 kt winds. Gradual weakening occurred as Fabio turned westward along the 19th parallel into cooler waters, eventually dissipating late on July 24.
Hurricane Gilma
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Gilma 1982 track.pngFormed=July 26
Dissipated=August 2
1-min winds=110Tropical Depression Thirteen-E formed near 9.5N 117.5W and moved slightly north of west. Tropical storm status was attained near noon on July 26, and the cyclone crossed the threshold of hurricane strength late on the night of July 27. By noon on July 29, Gilma reached it maximum intensity of 110 kt/125 mph (201 km/h) well to the east-southeast of Hawaii. The cyclone weakened and sped up its motion to the west-northwest, crossing into the Central Pacific Basin as a category one hurricane very early on July 30. Gilma was downgraded to a tropical storm late in the morning of July 30, and a tropical depression early on the morning of August 1 as the circulation passed 50 miles (80 km) south of South Point. The cyclone dissipated late on August 1 as it passed 200 miles (300 km) south of Kauai.
Hurricane Hector
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Hector 1982 track.pngFormed=July 29
Dissipated=August 3
1-min winds=65On July 23, a tropical wave moved off the Colombian coast. The related convection moved westward at over 20 mph (32 km/h). By the evening of July 27, the system slowed its forward motion. The next evening, a tropical depression organized within the thunderstorm activity well to the south of Baja California. Strengthening continued, as Hector became a tropical storm on the morning of July 29 and a hurricane by noon on July 30. A combination of vertical wind shear and cooler waters ahead of the cyclone led to its weakening trend, which hastened on August 1. It weakened to a tropical storm on the morning of August 2 and to a depression soon thereafter while located midway between the Hawaiian Islands and southern Baja California.
Tropical Storm Iva
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Iva 1982 track.pngFormed=August 1
Dissipated=August 8
1-min winds=35A tropical disturbance was discovered 460 km/300 mi south of Acapulco on July 31. Moving west-northwest, it achieved tropical depression status that night and tropical storm status on August 2 while 1340 km/800 mi west-southwest of Acapulco. Northeasterly upper level shear appears to have been Iva's nemesis, as the system weakened back into a tropical depression by the afternoon of August 3 as it turned west-southwest. The depression maintained strength for another several days before dissipating well east-southwest of Hilo, Hawaii on the morning of August 8.
Hurricane John
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=John 1982 track.pngFormed=August 2
Dissipated=August 11
1-min winds=100Tropical Depression Sixteen-E formed on August 3 in the East Pacific between Hawaii and Mexico. The system intensified into a tropical storm by noon August 4, and a hurricane on the morning of August 5. John reached its peak intensity of 100 knots/115 mph (185 km/h) as it moved into the Central Pacific Basin on August 6. Weakening commenced on August 7 due to westerly vertical wind shear caused by the semi-permanent mid-oceanic upper trough, and John weakened to a tropical storm on the night of August 8. It passed by as a tropical depression about 180 miles (290 km) south of the Island of Hawaii, and dissipated late on August 10 to the southwest of Hawaii.
Hurricane Kristy
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Kristy 1982 track.pngFormed=August 8
Dissipated=August 17
1-min winds=80Tropical Depression Seventeen-E formed by noon on August 8 in the East Pacific. The low moved west, intensified, and became Tropical Storm Kristy by midnight, and a hurricane by midnight on the night of August 9. Weakening as it entered the Central Pacific, Kristy regained tropical storm status late on August 10 while moving south of due west at a rapid 25 knots/30 mph (48 km/h). As it slowed down and turned northwest, Kristy began to restrengthen. Hurricane intensity was reached again on the evening of August 13. By noon on August 14, the cyclone passed 250 miles (400 km) south of South Point, Hawaii. Westerly winds aloft slowed Kristy's forward motion down additionally, and Kristy weakened back into a tropical storm on August 15. Turning more to the west with the low level wind flow, the cyclone was downgraded to a tropical depression by noon on August 16 and dissipated that night southwest of Hawaii.
Tropical Storm Lane
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Lane 1982 track.pngFormed=August 8
Dissipated=August 15
1-min winds=55The originating disturbance of this system emerged off San José, Costa Rica on August 4 and slowly consolidated. By the afternoon of August 8, Tropical Depression Eighteen-E developed well south of Cabo San Lucas. The next morning it had continued strengthening into a tropical storm. Maximum sustained winds reached 60 mph (97 km/h)/50 knots as it continued moving west-northwest. Vertical wind shear reached Lane on August 10, which led to weakening. It weakened to a tropical depression late on August 11, but sporadic thunderstorm blowups near the center kept the system alive for another few days. Dissipation occurred on the evening of August 14 as it crossed the 140th meridian.
Hurricane Miriam
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Miriam 1982 track.pngFormed=August 30
Dissipated=September 6
1-min winds=75Tropical Depression Nineteen-E formed on August 29 a couple hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. The depression moved west-northwestward, intensifying into a tropical storm by noon on August 30 and a hurricane by noon on August 31. Peak intensity of 75 knots/90 mph (145 km/h) was attained during the early morning of September 1. For the next couple of days, Miriam remained unchanged in strength. By late on September 3, a weakening trend was realized as it passed into the Central Pacific by the afternoon of September 4. Shearing apart soon afterwards, the low moved northwest and weakened into a tropical depression well to the east of Hawaii on the morning of September 5. It drifted north, and became a nontropical low by September 6. The cyclone was last noted near 30N 149W, continuing its northward trek.
Tropical Storm Akoni
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Akoni 1982 track.pngFormed=August 30
Dissipated=September 2
1-min winds=45Tropical Depression One-C formed along the eastern end of the West Pacific monsoon trough on August 30 about 1120 km/700 mi east of the International Dateline, well to the west-southwest of Hawaii. Moving slowly westward, the system intensified rapidly into a tropical storm by noon and was named Akoni.[cite web|url=http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/haw.php|title=Behind the Name: Hawaiian names|accessdate=2008-09-15|publisher=Behind the Name] Maximum sustained winds increased to 50 knots/60 mph (97 km/h) late on August 31 as Akoni moved near the ship "Nana Lolo" a few hundred miles east of the International Dateline. An upper trough to the northwest set Akoni on a weakening curve, and the cyclone diminished to a tropical depression on the evening of September 1 as it moved with the low level flow. The weakening depression passed the International Dateline into the western Pacific on the morning of September 2.]Hurricane Norman
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Norman 1982 track.pngFormed=September 9
Dissipated=September 18
1-min winds=90Northeasterly shear slowed the development of the initial tropical depression which formed into Norman. Strengthening began in earnest on September 11, and the cyclone became a tropical storm, and then a hurricane by early on September 13. Maximum sustained winds reached nearly 85 knots/95 mph (153 km/h) by September 15. A mid-latitude trough dug in from the north, weakening the ridge north of Norman and leading to a northward motion. Increased vertical wind shear and cooler waters weakened the hurricane, with dissipation occurring just west of Baja California on September 18. On September 17 and 18, moisture from Norman brought scattered rain to California and Arizona. [http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/enso/tropstorm.nws]
Tropical Depression Twenty-One-E
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Formed=September 11
Dissipated=September 12
1-min winds=30A tropical depression formed well east-southeast of Hawaii late on September 10. Moving over cooler waters soon after formation, the depression dissipated by the next evening near 14N 134W.
Tropical Storm Ema
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Ema 1982 track.pngFormed=September 15
Dissipated=September 19
1-min winds=40An area of convection formed near 15N 140W and by September 15, a tropical depression had formed within the thunderstorm activity. Strengthening as it moved slowly north-northeast, the cyclone became a tropical storm late that day. Ema became stationary between the morning of September 16 and September 17 before resuming its north-northeast heading. Its peak intensity was 40 knots/45 mph (72 km/h). Upper level shear weakened the system into a tropical depression by noon on September 18. As it crossed the 140th meridian back into the eastern Pacific near the 20th parallel, the depression dissipated.
Tropical Storm Hana
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Hana 1982 track.pngFormed=September 15
Dissipated=September 19
1-min winds=40An area of thunderstorms stewed south of the Hawaiian Islands for several days. By September 15, it had organized into Tropical Depression Three-C, and quickly became a tropical storm that afternoon. The cyclone moved north-northwest for a day before slowing to a crawl for the next day. The cyclone turned southwest and weakened into a tropical depression due to vertical wind shear. It dissipated southwest of Hawaii near 13N 162W late on September 18.
Hurricane Olivia
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Olivia 1982 track.pngFormed=September 18
Dissipated=September 25
1-min winds=125Ship reports indicated that a tropical depression had formed about 640 km/400 mi south-southwest of Acapulcoaround noon on September 18. The system drifted north-northwest, developing into a tropical storm thatnight. About 24 hours later, Olivia became a hurricane. Rapid intensification continued, and Olivia reachedits peak intensity of 130 mph (210 km/h)/115 knots winds around noon September 21, becoming the strongest storm of the season. The next day, waters under the tropical cyclone began to cool as the hurricane gained increasing latitude offshore Mexico. By noon on September 23, the cyclone had weakened into a tropical storm west of Baja California. Strong southwest flow to its north spread precipitation through the western United States into southwest Canada. The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression about 800 km/500 mi southwest of San Diego and the surface low was last seen dissipating on September 25 about 400 km/250 mi west-southwest of San Diego. The heavy rain in California wiped out half of the raisin crop, a quarter of the wine crop, and a tenth of the tomato crop. Olivia's remnants brought rain totals of over 177 mm/7" to California and northern Utah as they interacted with a strong upper level system and the local topography. [ [http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/olivia1982.html Remains of Olivia - September 23-28, 1982 ] ] The precipitation from this storm largely contributed to the record monthly precipitation in Salt Lake City, Utah of 7.04 in (179 mm).
Hurricane Paul
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
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Track=Paul 1982 track.pngFormed=September 18
Dissipated=September 30
1-min winds=95Paul was the deadliest storm of the season. Only as a tropical depression, it killed over 1,000 people in Guatemala and El Salvador. It moved westward, reached 110 mph (180 km/h) Category 2 hurricane strength, and made landfall on northwest Mexico in late September. [Despite the fact that it was only numbered when it killed over 1,000 people, Paul is still the second-deadliest East Pacific tropical cyclone. Only the unnamed 1959 Mexico Hurricane killed more people.]Tropical Storm Rosa
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Rosa 1982 track.pngFormed=September 30
Dissipated=October 6
1-min winds=45A well-organized tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on September 30. Moving slowly northwest, the system became a tropical storm, reaching maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h)/45 knots on the afternoon of October 2. The system slowly weakened as it moved northwest, and Rosa brushed the Pacific coast of Mexico as a dissipating depression.
Hurricane Sergio
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Sergio 1982 track.pngFormed=October 14
Dissipated=October 23
1-min winds=110A tropical disturbance was noted southwest of Costa Rica on October 12. Moving west-northwest, the system organized into a tropical depression as it crossed the 91st meridian late on October 13 and became a tropical storm by October 14 as it entered the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It strengthened into a hurricane late that day as it passed 95W. By the afternoon of October 17, Sergio was packing sustained winds of 120 mph (190 km/h)/105 knots. Cooler water was reached soon afterwards, and weakening commenced. While slowly moving west, Sergio weakened to a tropical storm by the afternoon of October 21 and to a tropical depression late on October 22. The system dissipated near 19N 133W on the afternoon of October 23.
Tropical Storm Tara
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Tara 1982 track.pngFormed=October 19
Dissipated=October 26
1-min winds=45A tropical disturbance emerged off the coast of Central America. Cyclonic turning was noted on the afternoon of October 19, and a tropical depression formed 560 km/350 mi south of Acapulco. Staggering west-northwestward, the cyclone became a tropical storm by the morning of the October 22. Maximum sustained winds increased to 45 knots/50 mph (80 km/h) late on October 24. As it moved over cooler waters on October 25, the system weakened to a tropical depression that afternoon, dissipating that night near 21N 130W.
Hurricane Iwa
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=EPac
Track=Iwa 1982 track.pngFormed=November 19
Dissipated=November 25
1-min winds=80Late in the season, a nearly stationary disturbance with a cyclonic circulation organized into a tropical storm and was named Iwa. Iwa is Hawaiian for "thief", and refers to a kind of frigatebird that steals fish from other avians. The storm accelerated northeast after reaching hurricane intensity November 23.
Iwa's eye passed with 25 miles (40 km) of Kauai and even closer to Niihau. Both islands were caught in the storm's dangerous semicircle. Iwa continued northeast and became extratropical November 25.
Damage was extensive and amounted to a quarter billion dollars, which was the costliest tropical cyclone for Hawaii until Hurricane Iniki struck in 1992. [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gifs/table3a.gif] Most of the damage was from the winds. Despite the damage, there was only one death on the islands.
1982 storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1982. No Eastern Pacific names were retired, so it was used again in the 1988 season. This is the same list used in the 1978 season, except for Fabio, which replaced Fico. A storm was named Fabio for the first time in 1982. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.
Four names from the Central Pacific list were used - Akoni, Ema, Hana, and Iwa. This was the first usage for all of these names. With four names being used, this season holds the record for most named storms forming in the central Pacific.
Administrative Changes
This is the first year that named storms forming between the dateline and 140W were given names from the Hawaiian language. Previous to this year, names and numbers from the western Pacific's typhoon list were used.
After this year that it was decided to use six-year lists in the eastern Pacific, instead of four-year ones. This is the reason that this season's list is the same as the 1978 season's list.
Retirement
One name was retired from the Central Pacific list after the 1982 season, Iwa. It was replaced with Io. Iwa is one of only three Central Pacific names to have been retired.
ee also
*List of Pacific hurricanes
*List of Pacific hurricane seasons
*1982 Atlantic hurricane season
*1982 Pacific typhoon season
*1982 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
*Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons: 1981–82, 1982–83
References
External links
* [http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0493/111/5/pdf/i1520-0493-111-5-1080.pdf Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1982]
* [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1982/index.html Unisys Weather archive for the Eastern Pacific, 1982]
* [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1982.php CPHC Season Summary]
* [http://www.class.noaa.gov CLASS polar orbiter satellite archive]
