User:Hurricane Angel Saki/Sandbox/Hurricane Alma (2002)
| Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Hurricane Alma on May 29. | |
| Formed | May 24 2002 |
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| Dissipated | June 1 2002 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 115 mph (185 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 960 mbar (hPa); 28.35 inHg |
| Fatalities | 3 indirect |
| Areas affected | Nicaragua, Honduras |
| Part of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Alma was one of only two instances of a major hurricane forming in May in the East Pacific since reliable records began. The first named storm of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season, Alma formed from a complex genesis consisting of a tropical wave, and a gale area, with development being helped by the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) was involved; the sixth time during May of 2002 that a cyclone formed due to intervention from the MJO. It strengthened to a peak of =, equivalent to a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.