|Eastern Pacific's 1st Named Storm Falls Apart| UPDATED 2 AM
PDT, May 17, 2013 UPDATED By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Andrew
Rosenthal |Though Alvin arrived the same day the 2013 Eastern
Pacific Hurricane season became official, it has now passed into
the history books. Alvin marks the beginning of six-and-a-half-
month season that will last until November 30. | As of 2 a.m.
PDT, Post-Tropical Cyclone Alvin was located near 10.3 N and
112.08 W, or about 790 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.
Alvin`s top sustained winds have dipped to 35 mph. Alvin lost
its closed circulation as it was torn apart in the tropical
eastern Pacific. Increasing wind shear was the storm`s death
knell and the storm`s clouds merged with the general tropical
flow in the area, with the storm losing its characteristics. In
an average Eastern Pacific season, which includes Central
America`s and Mexico`s Pacific Coast, 15 to 16 tropical storms
with winds of at least 39 mph form. Nine typically become
hurricanes with winds in excess of 74