Hurricane Summary for Storm HECTOR, 1978 in the East-Central Pacific

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Hurricane Season:1978

Individual hurricane/tropical storm summary.
Including all wind speed, central pressure, position, tracking chart, and storm category information for each hurricane or tropical storm advisory issued.
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Maximum Wind speed:139mph (120 knots) mph (miles per hour) for HECTOR
Lowest central pressure:10000 mb (millibars) for HECTOR
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Storm name:HECTOR
Maximum wind speed:139 mph, (120 knots)
Lowest central pressure: unknown
Advisory Start Date:1978/7/22/0600Z
Advisory End Date:1978/7/29/1200Z

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Storm name:HECTOR
Maximum wind speed:139 mph, (120 knots)
Lowest central pressure: unknown
Advisory Start Date:1978/7/22/0600Z
Advisory End Date:1978/7/29/1200Z

Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/22/0600Z/Latitude:13.700/Longitude:-100.700/Wind:41mph (35 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/22/1200Z/Latitude:14.200/Longitude:-101.200/Wind:47mph (40 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/22/1800Z/Latitude:14.600/Longitude:-101.800/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/23/0000Z/Latitude:14.900/Longitude:-102.500/Wind:70mph (60 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/23/0600Z/Latitude:15.100/Longitude:-103.300/Wind:70mph (60 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/23/1200Z/Latitude:15.300/Longitude:-104.100/Wind:75mph (65 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/23/1800Z/Latitude:15.500/Longitude:-104.800/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/24/0000Z/Latitude:15.400/Longitude:-105.600/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/24/0600Z/Latitude:15.500/Longitude:-106.500/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/24/1200Z/Latitude:15.600/Longitude:-107.500/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/24/1800Z/Latitude:15.900/Longitude:-108.700/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/25/0000Z/Latitude:16.000/Longitude:-109.900/Wind:121mph (105 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/25/0600Z/Latitude:16.200/Longitude:-111.100/Wind:139mph (120 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 4
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/25/1200Z/Latitude:16.500/Longitude:-112.200/Wind:139mph (120 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 4
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/25/1800Z/Latitude:17.200/Longitude:-113.200/Wind:139mph (120 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 4
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/26/0000Z/Latitude:18.000/Longitude:-114.000/Wind:127mph (110 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/26/0600Z/Latitude:18.500/Longitude:-115.100/Wind:116mph (100 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/26/1200Z/Latitude:19.000/Longitude:-116.200/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/26/1800Z/Latitude:19.800/Longitude:-116.900/Wind:104mph (90 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/27/0000Z/Latitude:20.000/Longitude:-118.000/Wind:87mph (75 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/27/0600Z/Latitude:20.200/Longitude:-118.800/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/27/1200Z/Latitude:20.400/Longitude:-119.600/Wind:87mph (75 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/27/1800Z/Latitude:20.900/Longitude:-120.300/Wind:70mph (60 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/28/0000Z/Latitude:21.500/Longitude:-121.500/Wind:64mph (55 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/28/0600Z/Latitude:21.800/Longitude:-122.600/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/28/1200Z/Latitude:22.000/Longitude:-122.800/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/28/1800Z/Latitude:22.100/Longitude:-124.900/Wind:52mph (45 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/29/0000Z/Latitude:22.400/Longitude:-126.100/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Depression
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/29/0600Z/Latitude:22.600/Longitude:-127.400/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Depression
Name:HECTOR/Date:1978/7/29/1200Z/Latitude:23.000/Longitude:-128.800/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Depression

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