1982 Pacific hurricane season Totally Explained

Everything about The 1982 Pacific Hurricane Season totally explained

The 1982 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1982 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1982 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1982. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
The 1982 season was an eventful one. Hurricane Paul killed over 1,000 people before it was named. Hurricanes Daniel and Gilma both briefly threatened Hawaii, while Hurricane Iwa caused heavy damage to Kauai and Niihau. The remnants of Hurricane Olivia brought heavy rain to a wide swath of the western United States.

Activity

This season had nineteen tropical storms, eleven hurricanes, and five major hurricanes. Three tropical storms and one hurricane— a record number of named storms— formed in the central Pacific. This was largely due to a strong El Niño present during the season.

Tropical Storm Aletta

A tropical disturbance was first noted on May 18 about 500 miles (800 km) south-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. It developed into a tropical depression on May 20, and a tropical storm around noon on May 21. The cyclone turned northeast, reaching its peak intensity of 50 kt/55 mph (89 km/h) on May 23. As the upper level westerlies weakened on May 25, Aletta slowed and moved in a large clockwise loop until May 28 before dissipating on May 29 roughly 290 km/180 mi southwest of Acapulco.

Tropical Depression 2E

This 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 Storm Emilia

Tropical Depression 9E 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 21E

A 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. 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

Paul 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. 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.

Aletta
Bud
Carlotta
Daniel
Emilia
Fabio
Gilma

Hector

Iva

John

Kristy

Lane

Miriam

Norman

Olivia

Paul

Rosa

Sergio

Tara

Vicente (unused)

Willa (unused)

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.

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