ATLANTIC & PACIFIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY & PREDICTIONS 2014
The conception of Genevieve long before NOAA started watching
Genevieve has the unique title of being called both a Hurricane and a Super Typhoon. From the sleepy, lazy form on July 8 to the Category 5 Super Typhoon of August 8 she becomes the strongest cyclone of the season
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Genevieve the gentle giant of the Pacific - born to travel. With international passports she is a Hurricane and a Typhoon
As the first week of July came to a close I came to realize that this month will see a lot of activity in the Pacific. On July 8 I look at a satellite image (see image on left) off the west coast of Central America and notice this little cloud formation seeming to be just lazily drifting on the waters. With so much other activity heating up in the month of July I put Genevieve on the backburner and focus on other storms shaping up. Later, on July 20 NOAA starts mentioning an area of low potential for cyclone development and when I see where it is I back track on the images to see if it ties in with the one from July 8. Coincidentally it does and so I know that Genevieve will form out of this new area now being monitored. Another five days transpires before this system finally evolves into a Tropical Storm.
Tropical Depression Seven-E formed on July 25. The NHC and JTWC made their final advisories on Genevieve on July 27 as it became a remnant low. Just after two days of being a remnant low, it reorganized to a tropical depression, before dissipating again the next day. As it entered favorable conditions again, the remnants regenerated into a tropical depression for a second time on August 2. It regained tropical storm intensity later that day. As Genevieve continued westward on August 6, the CPHC noted that the cyclone had strengthened into a hurricane after almost two weeks of being weak. Due to explosive intensification, Genevieve strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it neared the International Date Line. Early on August 7, the hurricane crossed the date line and became Typhoon Genevieve. Over the Western Pacific basin, Genevieve continued to intensify into a Category 5 super typhoon, making it the strongest storm of that season. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genevieve crossing the International Date Line
on August 07 0431 UTC
photo courtesy of U.S. Naval Research Lab
Genevieve reached her maximum strength as a Category 5 Super Typhoon the following day, August 8, 2014 with sustained winds of 140 knots, 260 km/h, 160 mph. She continued to head in a northerly direction becoming a Post-Tropical Depression on August 11.