Hurricane Narda 2001 Pacific hurricane season

narda developed westward moving tropical wave crossed dakar, senegal around october 3. wave became convectively active after crossed central america when produced large burst of convection in bay of campeche on october 15. southern portion of wave continued westward on pacific waters south of mexico , under favorable upper-level winds, began acquire banding features , several centers of circulation. system consolidated , developed 1 center @ october 20. became tropical depression 1,150 mi (1,850 km) southwest of cabo san lucas, mexico. moving on west-northwest track, intensified , reached tropical storm status later day. cloud pattern continued become better organized , visible satellite imagery showed intermittent eye feature, , estimated narda became hurricane @ october 21. narda peak s intensity of 980 mbar (hpa; 28.94 inhg) occurred on october 22. thereafter, gradual weakening began , strong shear took toll on narda. tropical cyclone became tight swirl of low clouds intermittent convection on october 24, moved westward steered low-level flow , crossing 140°w on central pacific area of responsibility. continued westward tropical depression until dissipation.