page_title: Timeline of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season / Timeline of events / July
caption_attribution_description: English: The TRMM satellite shows heavy rain, falling at about 2 inches per hour in Tropical Storm Blanca. Credit: NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce
context_page_description: Below is the Timeline of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season, documenting all the storm formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, as well as dissipation. The 2009 Pacific hurricane season officially began on May 15, 2009, and will last until November 30. For convenience and clarity, in the timeline below, all landfalls are bolded. The timeline will also include information, when it becomes available, which was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as information on a storm that was not operationally warned on, have been included.
  The graphical bar below gives a brief overview of storm activity during the season, and for convenience, the storm's maximum intensity is included as a color bar.
context_section_description: July 6
  0600 UTC (11:00 pm PDT July 5) – A tropical depression forms about 440 mi (710 km) south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
  1200 UTC (5:00 am PDT) – The tropical Depression is upgraded to Tropical Storm Blanca.
  July 8
  1200 UTC (5:00 am PDT) – Tropical Storm Blanca weakens back to a tropical depression.
  July 9
  0600 UTC (11:00 pm PDT July 8) – Tropical Depression Blanca weakens into a remnant low about 795 mi (1,279 km) west of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
  July 10
  0600 UTC (11:00 pm PDT July 9) – Tropical Depression Four-E forms about 900 mi (1,400 km) south of the southern tip of Baja California.
  1800 UTC (11:00 am PDT) – Tropical Depression Four-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Carlos.
  July 11
  1800 UTC (11:00 am PDT) – Tropical Storm Carlos strengthens into Hurricane Carlos.
  July 13
  0000 UTC (5:00 pm PDT July 12) – Hurricane Carlos weakens to a tropical storm.
  July 14
  1200 UTC (5:00 am PDT) – Tropical Storm Carlos re-strengthens back into a Category 1 hurricane.
  July 15
  0000 UTC (5:00 pm PDT July 14) – Hurricane Carlos reaches Category 2 intensity.
  0000 UTC (5:00 pm PDT July 14) – Tropical Depression Five-E forms 795 mi (1,279 km) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.
  1200 UTC (5:00 am PDT) – Tropical Depression Five-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Dolores.
  1800 UTC (11:00 am PDT) – Hurricane Carlos is downgraded to a tropical storm.
  July 16
  0600 UTC (11:00 pm PDT July 15) – Tropical Storm Carlos weakens to a tropical depression.
  1800 UTC (11:00 am PDT) – Tropical Storm Dolores degenerates into a remnant low.
  July 17
  0000 UTC (5:00 pm PDT July 16) – Tropical Depression Carlos dissipates.
  July 30
  1200 UTC (8:00 am PDT) – Tropical Depression Six-E forms 1,185 mi (1,907 km) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.
  1800 UTC (8:00 am HST) – Tropical Depression Six-E enters the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility and is upgraded to Tropical Storm Lana 1,075 mi (1,730 km) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.
caption: TRMM satellite image of Blanca on July 7 showing rainfall rates exceeding 2 in/h (50 mm/h)
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