A rapidly deepening low over the west-central North Pacific will reach hurricane force by 00UTC 01 March over the central North Pacific before moving ENE over the eastern North Pacific during the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] with storm force or higher winds as far south as 30N latitude. http://oceanweatherservices.com/blog/2016/02/28/hurricane-force-storm-expected-central-and-eastern-north-pacific/
Fred, I have noticed almost all the systems this winter track north and head for Alaska instead of coming ashore on the coast. Is this because of this years strong El Nino?