sentences:  This led to anomalously strong easterly wind shear across the East Pacific, hindering the intensification of most tropical cyclones.In addition, water temperatures across the basin were cooler than in years past, though still near the long-term average.The first storm of the year, Alma, developed on May 29 farther east than any other East Pacific cyclone in recorded history, not including storms that originated in the Atlantic and continued into the basin.