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The 2002 Pacific hurricane season saw three tropical cyclones reach Category 5 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The strongest storm this year was Hurricane Kenna, which reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall near Puerto Vallarta, located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, on October 25. The hurricane killed four people and was the third most powerful hurricanes to ever strike the western coast of Mexico, hitting with winds of 140 mph (as well as the strongest landfall in terms of windspeed since Hurricane Madeline in 1976). Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Julio made landfall in Mexico, and Tropical Storm Boris dumped torrential rain along the Mexican coast, despite remaining offshore. The season officially began on May 15, 2002 for the Eastern Pacific, and June 1, 2002 for the Central Pacific. It ended on November 30 for both regions. These dates delimit the time when most tropical cyclones form in this part of the Pacific Ocean. The first system formed on May 24 and the final depression dissipated on November 16. Other storms were individually unusual. Hurricanes Elida and Hernan also reached Category 5 intensity, but neither caused any damage. Hurricane Fausto had no effect on land, but it regenerated into a weak tropical storm at an abnormally high latitude. ==Season summary== ImageSize = width:800 height:200 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:20 left:20 Legend = columns:3 left:30 top:58 columnwidth:270 AlignBars = early DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/05/2002 till:01/12/2002 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMinor = grid:black unit:month increment:1 start:01/05/2002 Colors = id:canvas value:gray(0.88) id:GP value:red id:TD value:rgb(0.38,0.73,1) legend:Tropical_Depression_=_<39_mph_(0–62_km/h) id:TS value:rgb(0,0.98,0.96) legend:Tropical_Storm_=_39–73_mph_(63–117 km/h) id:C1 value:rgb(1,1,0.80) legend:Category_1_=_74–95_mph_(119–153_km/h) id:C2 value:rgb(1,0.91,0.46) legend:Category_2_=_96–110_mph_(154–177_km/h) id:C3 value:rgb(1,0.76,0.25) legend:Category_3_=_111–130_mph_(178–209-km/h) id:C4 value:rgb(1,0.56,0.13) legend:Category_4_=_131–155_mph_(210–249_km/h) id:C5 value:rgb(1,0.38,0.38) legend:Category_5_=_>=156_mph_(>=250_km/h) Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas BarData = barset:Hurricane bar:Month PlotData= barset:Hurricane width:10 align:left fontsize:S shift:(4,-4) anchor:till from:24/05/2002 till:01/06/2002 color:C3 text:"Alma" from:08/06/2002 till:11/06/2002 color:TS text:"Boris" from:27/06/2002 till:29/06/2002 color:TD text:"Three-E" from:09/07/2002 till:16/07/2002 color:TS text:"Cristina" from:20/07/2002 till:26/07/2002 color:C2 text:"Douglas" from:23/07/2002 till:30/07/2002 color:C5 text:"Elida" from:06/08/2002 till:08/08/2002 color:TD text:"Seven-E" barset:break from:21/08/2002 till:28/08/2002 color:C4 text: barset:break from:31/08/2002 till:03/09/2002 color:TS text:"Fausto" from:22/08/2002 till:28/08/2002 color:TS text:"Alika" from:26/08/2002 till:01/09/2002 color:TS text:"Genevieve" from:26/08/2002 till:30/08/2002 color:C3 text:"Ele" from:30/08/2002 till:06/09/2002 color:C5 text:"Hernan" from:05/09/2002 till:08/09/2002 color:TD text:"Eleven-E" from:15/09/2002 till:20/09/2002 color:TS text:"Iselle" barset:break from:25/09/2002 till:26/09/2002 color:TS text:"Julio" from:22/10/2002 till:26/10/2002 color:C5 text:"Kenna" from:22/10/2002 till:31/10/2002 color:TS text:"Lowell" from:24/10/2002 till:03/11/2002 color:C1 text:"Huko" from:14/11/2002 till:16/11/2002 color:TD text:"Sixteen-E" barset:break bar:Month width:5 align:center fontsize:S shift:(0,-20) anchor:middle color:canvas from:01/05/2002 till:01/06/2002 text:May from:01/06/2002 till:01/07/2002 text:June from:01/07/2002 till:01/08/2002 text:July from:01/08/2002 till:01/09/2002 text:August from:01/09/2002 till:01/10/2002 text:September from:01/10/2002 till:01/11/2002 text:October from:01/11/2002 till:01/12/2002 text:November TextData = pos:(570,30) text:"(From the" pos:(617,30) text:"Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale)" The 2002 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 2002 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 2002 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 2002. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. In practice, however, the season lasted from May 24, the formation date of its first system, to November 16, the dissipation date of the last. There were 15 tropical storms in the eastern Pacific Ocean in the 2002 season. Of those, eight became hurricanes, of which six became major hurricanes by reaching Category 3 or higher on the Saffir Simpson Scale. Three reached Category 5 intensity,〔 a record shared with the 1994 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 1994 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season )〕 Four tropical depressions formed and dissipated before reaching the intensity of a tropical storm. In the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility, one tropical storm and two hurricanes formed, with one of the hurricanes intensifying into a major hurricane.〔 In the eastern Pacific proper, the season saw below average activity in terms of the number of total storms and hurricanes, but about average activity in terms of major hurricanes. A moderately strong El Niño, ongoing during the season, may have contributed to the disproportionate number of major hurricanes,〔 〕 as well as reduced activity in the Atlantic. Also of note was an unusual gap in storm formation during the first three weeks of August in this season,〔 histrocally a prime period for tropical cyclone formation. Only three systems, Tropical Storms Boris and Julio and Hurricane Kenna, had significant impact on land. Julio and Kenna caused the only two landfalls this year. Most of the season's impact, including all casualties and most of the damage, was caused by Kenna.〔 ;May 1 *0700 UTC (12:00 a.m. PDT) – The Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially begins. ;May 24 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression One-E forms 485 miles (900 km) south-southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. ;May 26 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression One-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Alma.〔 ;May 28 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Alma strengthens into a hurricane.〔 ;May 29 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Alma reaches category 2 strength.〔 ;May 30 *0600 UTC (11 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Alma becomes a major hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Alma weakens into a category 2 hurricane.〔 ;May 31 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Alma weakens into a category 1 hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Alma weakens into a tropical storm.〔 ;June 1 *The Central Pacific hurricane season officially begins.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Alma weakens into a tropical depression.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Alma dissipates.〔 ;June 8 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Two-E forms 150 miles (280 km) west-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. ;June 9 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Two-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Boris.〔 ;June 10 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Boris weakens into a tropical depression.〔 ;June 11 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Boris degenerates into a remnant low pressure area.〔 ;June 27 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Three-E forms 970 miles (1795 km) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula. ;June 29 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Three-E dissipates.〔 ;July 9 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Four-E forms 300 miles (555 km) south of Acapulco, Mexico. ;July 12 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Four-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Cristina.〔 ;July 15 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Cristina weakens into a tropical depression.〔 ;July 17 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Cristina dissipates.〔 ;July 20 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Five-E forms 395 miles (730 km) south of Manzanillo, Mexico. *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Five-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Douglas.〔 ;July 22 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Douglas becomes a hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Douglas strengthens to become a category 2 hurricane.〔 ;July 23 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Six-E forms 305 miles (565 km) south-southeast of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Six-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Elida.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Douglas weakens into a category 1 hurricane.〔 ;July 24 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Elida strengthens into a hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida strengthens into a major hurricane, skipping category 2 status.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida strengthens into a category 4 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Douglas weakens into a tropical storm.〔 ;July 25 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida becomes the first category 5 hurricane of the season.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida weakens into a category 4 hurricane.〔 ;July 26 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida weakens into a category 3 hurricane.〔 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Douglas weakens into a tropical depression.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida weakens into a category 2 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Douglas degenerates into a remnant low pressure area.〔 ;July 27 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida weakens into a category 1 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Elida weakens into a tropical storm.〔 ;July 29 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Elida weakens into a tropical depression.〔 ;July 30 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Elida weakens into a remnant low pressure area.〔 ;August 6 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Seven-E forms 785 miles (1455 km) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula. ;August 8 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Seven-E dissipates.〔 ;August 21 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Eight-E forms 400 miles (740 km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. ;August 22 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. August 21 PDT) – Tropical Depression Eight-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Fausto.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Fausto becomes a hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (2 a.m. HST) – Tropical Depression One-C forms over 1000 miles (1850 km) south of Hawaii. ;August 23 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Fausto becomes a category 2 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Fausto becomes a major hurricane.〔 ;August 24 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Fausto becomes a category 4 hurricane.〔 ;August 25 *0000 UTC (2 p.m. August 24 HST) – Tropical Depression One-C strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Alika.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Fausto weakens into a category 3 hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Fausto weakens into a category 2 hurricane.〔 ;August 26 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Nine-E forms 500 miles (925 km) south of the Baja Peninsula. *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Fausto weakens into a category 1 hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Fausto weakens into a tropical storm.〔 ;August 27 *0000 UTC (2 p.m. August 26 HST) – Tropical Depression Two-C forms about 1000 miles (1850 km) southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Nine-E strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Genevieve.〔 *0000 UTC (2 p.m. August 26 HST) – Tropical Storm Alika weakens into a tropical depression.〔 *0600 UTC (8 p.m. HST) – Tropical Depression Two-C strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Ele.〔 ;August 28 *0000 UTC (2 p.m. August 27 HST) – Tropical Storm Ele strengthens into a hurricane.〔 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Fausto weakens into a tropical depression as it crosses into the Central Pacific.〔 *0600 UTC (8 p.m. August 27 HST) – Tropical Depression Alika dissipates.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Fausto degenerates into a low.〔 ;August 29 *0600 UTC (8 p.m. August 28 HST) – Hurricane Ele strengthens into a category 2 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (2 a.m. HST) – Hurricane Ele strengthens into a major hurricane.〔 ;August 30 *0000 UTC (2 p.m. August 29 HST) – Hurricane Ele moves out of the Central Pacific and into the West Pacific where the JMA takes up warning responsibility.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Ten-E forms 340 miles (630 km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. *1200 TC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Ten-E strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Hernan.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Genevieve weakens into a tropical depression.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Fausto regenerates about 430 miles (795 km) north of the Hawaiian Islands.〔 ;August 31 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Hernan becomes a hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan strengthens into a category 2 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan strengthens into a major hurricane.〔 ;September 1 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan strengthens into a category 4 hurricane.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Genevieve dissipates.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan strengthens into a category 5 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Fausto re-strengthens into a tropical storm.〔 ;September 2 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan weakens into a category 4 hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan weakens into a category 3 hurricane.〔 ;September 3 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan weakens into a category 2 hurricane.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Fausto is absorbed by an extratropical low.〔 ;September 4 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan weakens into a category 1 hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Hernan weakens into a tropical storm.〔 ;September 5 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Hernan weakens into a tropical depression.〔 ;September 6 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Eleven-E forms 120 miles (220 km) southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico. *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Hernan weakens into a remnant low pressure area.〔 ;September 8 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Eleven-E weakens into a remnant low pressure area.〔 ;September 15 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Twelve-E forms 270 miles (500 km) south of Manzanillo, Mexico. ;September 16 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Twelve-E strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Iselle.〔 ;September 19 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Iselle weakens into a tropical depression.〔 ;September 20 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Iselle weakens into a remnant low pressure area.〔 ;September 25 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Thirteen-E forms 175 miles (325 km) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Thirteen-E strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Julio.〔 ;September 26 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Julio makes landfall west-northwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico with winds of 45 mph (70 km/h).〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Julio weakens into a tropical depression.〔 *1800 UTC (11 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Julio dissipates.〔 ;October 22 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Fourteen-E forms 325 miles (600 km) south of Acapulco, Mexico. *0600 UTC (11 p.m. October 21 PDT) – Tropical Depression Fourteen-E strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Kenna.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Fifteen-E forms in the western portion of the Eastern Pacific. ;October 23 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. October 22 PDT) – Tropical Depression Fifteen-E strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Lowell.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Kenna strengthens into a hurricane.〔 ;October 24 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. October 23 PDT) – Hurricane Kenna strengthens into a category 2 hurricane.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. October 23 PDT) – Hurricane Kenna strengthens into a major hurricane.〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Kenna strengthens into a category 4 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Kenna strengthens into a category 5 hurricane.〔 *1800 UTC (11 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Lowell weakens into a tropical depression.〔 *1800 UTC (2 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Three-C forms south of the Hawaiian Islands. ;October 25 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. October 24 PDT) – Hurricane Kenna becomes the strongest of the season with winds of 165 mph (265 km/h) and a pressure of 913 mbar (26.96 inHg).〔 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Kenna weakens into a category 4 hurricane.〔 *1630 UTC - Hurricane Kenna makes landfall near San Blas, Mexico with winds of 140 mph (225 km/h), only the 1959 Mexican hurricane and Hurricane Madeline of 1976 are stronger at landfall.〔 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Kenna weakens into a category 3 hurricane.〔 ;October 26 *0000 UTC (2 p.m. October 25 HST) – Tropical Depression Three-C strengthens into a tropical storm and is named Huko.〔 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Hurricane Kenna rapidly weakens into a tropical storm over Mexico.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Kenna dissipates.〔 ;October 27 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Lowell re-strengthens into a tropical storm.〔 ;October 28 *1800 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Huko strengthens into a hurricane.〔 ;October 29 *1200 UTC (5 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Lowell again weakens into a tropical depression.〔 ;October 30 *0000 UTC (2 p.m. October 29 HST) – Hurricane Huko weakens into a tropical storm.〔 ;October 31 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Lowell dissipates.〔 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. October 30 HST) – Tropical Storm Huko again strengthens into a hurricane.〔 ;November 3 *0600 UTC (8 p.m. November 2 HST) – Hurricane Huko moves out of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's Area of Responsibility.〔 ;November 14 *0000 UTC (5 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Sixteen-E forms 370 miles (685 km) south of Acapulco, Mexico. ;November 16 *0600 UTC (11 p.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Sixteen-E weakens into a remnant low pressure area.〔 ;November 30 *The Eastern and Central Pacific hurricane seasons officially ends.〔 In addition to the above systems, an area of convection persisted near a developing circulation about west-southwest of Johnston Atoll on July 18. An upper-level low to the northeast provided outflow, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a tropical cyclone formation alert early on July 19. Although not classified by the CPHC, the Japan Meteorological Agency remarked that a tropical depression had developed by early on July 20, just east of the International Date Line. Soon after, it crossed into the western Pacific and briefly intensified into Tropical Storm Kalmaegi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2002 Pacific hurricane season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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