Current Snapshot

The Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Sunday, December 1, 2024, Tropical Cyclone Activity Report…for the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and adjacent Seas

Current Tropical Cyclones:

Tropical Cyclone 04B (Fengal) is located approximately 796 NM southwest of Kolkata, India – Final Warning

Northeast Pacific Ocean: There are no Tropical Cyclones

This was the last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Activity Report of the 2024 eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season. Routine issuance of this section of the PDC product will resume on May 15, 2025. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant by the NHC.

Central Pacific Ocean: There are no Tropical Cyclones

The 2024 central North Pacific hurricane season has ended. As such, this is the final routine Tropical Weather Activity Report for the 2024 season. Routine issuance of this section of the PDC product will resume on June 1, 2025. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant by the CPHC.

2024 Hurricane Season Summary for the Central Pacific Basin

The 2024 hurricane season featured two tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) area of responsibility. Four to five tropical cyclones occur during an average year. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. The central Pacific basin extends from 140°W to the International Date Line.

Hurricane Hone was the first tropical cyclone of the season in the central Pacific, developing about 1,000 miles east-southeast of the Big Island on August 22. This was the first tropical cyclone to form in the central Pacific since Tropical Storm Ema in October 2019. Hone continued to strengthen as it approached the state, eventually becoming a hurricane late on August 24 just over 50 miles south-southeast of Ka Lae, the southern tip of the Big Island. Hone weakened to a Tropical Depression on August 29, then strengthened to a Tropical Storm again from August 30-September 1. During this time a Tropical Storm Watch was issued for Kure and Midway Atolls and portions of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument from Lisianski Island to Pearl and Hermes Atoll. Hone became extratropical just after crossing the International Date Line on September 1.

Hurricane Gilma moved into the basin from the east on August 27 and rapidly weakened before dissipating east of Hawaii.

Impacts to the State of Hawaii: Heavy rain from Hurricane Hone caused flash flooding that damaged homes and closed several roads across Hawaii County on August 25, leading to several million dollars in damage. Tropical storm force winds brought down trees and utility poles on the Big Island, with reports of damage on Maui and Oahu as well.

Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and adjacent Seas:

Tropical Cyclone 04B (Fengal) – Final Warning

According to the JTWC warning number 7, sustained winds are 35 knots with gusts to near 45 knots.

The system is analyzed to now be onshore, just north of Puducherry, India. Animated multi-spectral satellite imagery (msi) depicts tropical cyclone 04B with flaring convection that is being sheared off to the west, revealing a
partially exposed low-level circulation center (llcc).

Elevated vertical wind shear and terrain interaction are expected to continue weakening the system as it tracks westward across southern India.

There is a high probability that 04B will emerge within the Arabian Sea as a weak remnant vortex in around 48 hours, as depicted by numerical model track guidance.