the first recorded twenty-second storm of a season formed october 25. it strengthened into tropical storm xina early october 27. xina began to start tracing out a huge oblong loop beneath an anticyclone. xina peaked as a minimal major hurricane on october 29. as it finished the loop and left the cover of the anticyclone, xina started falling apart. cool waters took their toll on the cyclone, and xina dissipated on november 5.