1991 Pacific hurricane season

A shorter gap in activity from late August to early September was attributed to anomalous flow patterns near the Baja California Peninsula.

Delores, Ignacio and Marty threatened the coast of Mexico, coming close enough to require tropical cyclone watches and warnings.

[3] During May 16 the depression gradually developed, before early the next day the National Hurricane Centre declared it a tropical storm and named it Andres.

[3] After maintaining its peak intensity for 24 hours, Andres started to gradually weaken as upper level windshear over the system increased before it dissipated during May 20.

The convection became organized and developed into Tropical Depression Three-E on June 16 while it was located 350 mi (560 km) south of Salina Cruz.

[8] In response to Delores' approach, the Mexican government issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch from Ixtapa to Manzanillo on June 24.

However, persistent deep convection did not occur until the wave neared the Gulf of Tehuantepec in the eastern Pacific Ocean on July 11.

On July 12, the convection became more concentrated about 500 nmi (575 mi; 925 km) south of Acapulco, near a mid-level vortex within the wave; however, it had diminished the next day.

[14] Wind shear associated with a trough and passage over cooler waters caused Enrique to begin weakening and the cyclone's center soon became exposed.

[18][19] On July 27, after it passed well to the north of the Hawaiian Islands, Enrique managed to briefly re-intensify to tropical storm status, attaining a secondary peak intensity of 50 mph (85 km/h), while completing a clockwise loop.

[18][20] As Enrique headed toward the Midway Island, increased wind shear weakened the system, causing another downgrade to depression status.

[22] As it crossed, wind shear increased and Fefa began to weaken as it approached the Hawaiian Islands as a tropical storm on August 7.

It peaked on August 5 with a central pressure of 993 mbar (29.3 inHg) and maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (121 km/h) while 255 mi (410 km) of Manzanillo, Colima.

The storm reached its peak intensity on August 11 with estimated 100 km/h (65 mph) maximum winds and a pressure of 993 hPa (30 inHg).

The tropical storm moved on a general west-northwest track for the next couple of days and then turned toward the north on August 13 as it was under the influence of an upper level trough.

Further intensification was precluded by the storm's proximity to land and by shear associated with the upper-level low now located near the Baja California peninsula.

Further rapid development took place by the following day and the maximum sustained winds increased to its peak of 130 mph (215 km/h) by the afternoon of September 23.

Cloudiness and convection became better organized on the first hours of September 24, becoming Tropical Depression Thirteen-E the next day as it was located about 405 mi (650 km) southeast of Acapulco.

The banding pattern became more pronounced and the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Kevin later that day, being centered about 316 mi (509 km) south-southeast of Acapulco.

The convective banding increased for the next 24 hours and Kevin strengthened to hurricane status on September 26, while 230 mi (370 km) south-southwest of Acapulco.

The hurricane continued to strengthen and on October 1 reached its peak intensity while centered roughly 400 mi (645 km) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California Sur, with estimated 145 mph (230 km/h) maximum winds and a minimum pressure of 935 mbar (27.6 inHg).

[36] However, a well-defined eye reappeared on satellite imagery in the system and Kevin re-intensified to a low-end Category 3 hurricane with maximum winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mbar (28 inHg) on October 7.

The remnant circulation did persist a while longer as it slowly drifted north to finally lose its identity late on October 14.

The tropical wave's northern portion split off to the north and caused showers in Jamaica, the Bahamas and Cuba while the southern part continued and crossed Panama into the Pacific basin on September 25 as a group of disorganized cloud clusters.

Then, the hurricane reached its estimated peak intensity of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 957 mbar (28.3 inHg) that same day.

Linda turned the west-northwest and passed 60 miles (95 km) from Socorro Island, where it caused 80 mph (130 km/h) sustained winds on October 7.

Based on satellite classifications, the weather system was upgraded to tropical depression status about 275 mi (445 km) south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on October 7.

[43][44] On the next day, the storm gradually intensified further while temporarily moving towards the west, due to the flow field around a strengthening high pressure system located to the north of Nora.

No deaths or damage were reported to have occurred in association with Nora, despite probable rainfall totals of around 3 in (76 mm) within the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Nayarit.

[47][48] For storms that form in the North Pacific from 140°W to the International Date Line, the names come from a series of four rotating lists.