Tropical Storm Barbara 2001 Pacific hurricane season
a tropical wave moved off coast of africa on june 1. wave entered pacific ocean on june 10, though no further organization occurred until june 18. system organized further on next 2 days, , became tropical depression two-e on june 20. although depression remained poorly organized, upgraded tropical storm barbara. @ 1200 utc on june 21, storm attained peak intensity maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) , minimum barometric pressure of 997 mbar (29.4 inhg). shortly thereafter, barbara began encountering unfavorable conditions, such higher wind shear , cooler sea surface temperatures.
it weakened tropical depression @ 1800 utc on june 26, while crossing 140°w central pacific hurricane center s area of responsibility. depression passed north of hawaiian islands on june 25, weakened easterly wave northwest of kauai on june 26. remnants of barbara continued west-northwest until being absorbed frontal zone near international dateline on june 30. barbara first , tropical cyclone in central pacific during month of june.
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