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{{Infobox hurricane current
|name=Hurricane Alvin
|category=cat1
|type=hurricane
|time=8:00 p.m. [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] (3:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) June 27 
|image=Alvin Geostationary VIS-IR 2019.jpg
|track=01E 2019 5day.png
|lat=17.4|N|lon=115.4|W
|within_units=30 [[nautical mile|nm]]
|distance_from=520 mi (840 km) SW of the [[Baja California Peninsula]]
|1sustained={{convert|65|kn|mph kph|round=5|abbr=on}}
|gusts={{convert|80|kn|mph kph|round=5|abbr=on}}
|pressure={{convert|992|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sigfig=4}}
|movement=[[Points of the compass|NWW]] at {{convert|14|kn|mph kph|abbr=on|0}}
}}
'''Hurricane Alvin''' is a currently tropical cyclone on the Eastern Pacific, the first named storm and hurricane of [[2019 Pacific hurricane season]].

== Meteorological history ==
{{storm path|Alvin 2019 track.png|left|250px}}
On June&nbsp;19, the [[National Hurricane Center]] (NHC) began to forecast the formation of a [[low-pressure area]] off the southwestern coast of [[Mexico]] within the next several days.<ref>{{cite report|author=Lixion Avila|title=Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/xgtwo/gtwo_archive.php?current_issuance=201906192334&basin=epac&fdays=5|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=June 19, 2019|accessdate=June 25, 2019|location=Miami, Florida}}</ref> An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms, associated with a westward-moving [[tropical wave]], developed in the region on June&nbsp;22, with a low-pressure system forming in association with the system on the following day.<ref>{{cite report|author=Daniel P. Brown|title=Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/xgtwo/gtwo_archive.php?current_issuance=201906231135&basin=epac&fdays=5|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=June 23, 2019|accessdate=June 25, 2019|location=Miami, Florida}}</ref> During the next few days, the system gradually organized as it moved west-northwestward, away from the coast of Mexico. By 21:00&nbsp;UTC on June&nbsp;25, the disturbance had developed sufficiently organized convection as well as a sufficiently-defined [[Eye (cyclone)|center of circulation]] to be classified as a tropical depression, the first of the 2019 Pacific hurricane season.<ref>{{cite report|author=Daniel P. Brown|title=Tropical Depression One-E Discussion Number 1|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/ep01/ep012019.discus.001.shtml?|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=June 25, 2019|accessdate=June 25, 2019|location=Miami, Florida}}</ref> The tropical depression slowly strengthened while moving westward, becoming a tropical storm and receiving the name ''Alvin'' eighteen hours later.<ref>{{cite report|author1=Andrew S. Latto|author2=Michael J. Brennan|title=Tropical Storm Alvin Discussion Number 4|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/ep01/ep012019.discus.004.shtml?|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=June 26, 2019|accessdate=June 26, 2019|location=Miami, Florida}}</ref> On June 27, Alvin turned northwestward, while slowly strengthening.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/ep01/ep012019.public.009.shtml?|title=Tropical Storm Alvin Public Advisory Number 9|author=David Zelinsky|website=nhc.noaa.gov|publisher=National Hurricane Center|location=Miami, Florida|date=June 27, 2019|accessdate=June 28, 2019}}</ref> Early on June 28, by 03:00 UTC, Alvin strengthened into a [[Saffir–Simpson scale#Category 1|Category 1]] hurricane, becoming the first hurricane of the season.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/ep01/ep012019.public.010.shtml?|title=Hurricane Alvin Public Advisory Number 10|author=Richard Pasch|website=nhc.noaa.gov|publisher=National Hurricane Center|location=Miami, Florida|date=June 28, 2019|accessdate=June 28, 2019}}</ref>

====Current storm information====
As of 8:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] (3:00&nbsp;[[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) June&nbsp;27, Hurricane Alvin is located within 30&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s of {{coord|17.4|-115.4|dim:5000km|name=Alvin}}, about 520&nbsp;mi (840&nbsp;km) southwest of the southern tip of the [[Baja California Peninsula]]. Maximum sustained winds are {{convert|65|kn|mph kph|round=5|abbr=on}}, with gusts up to {{convert|80|kn|mph kph|round=5|abbr=on}}. The minimum barometric pressure is {{convert|992|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sigfig=4}}, and the system is moving northwest at {{convert|14|kn|mph kph|abbr=on|0}}.

For latest official information, see:
* The NHC's [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP1+shtml/ latest public advisory on Hurricane Alvin]
* The NHC's [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP1+shtml/ latest forecast advisory on Hurricane Alvin]
* The NHC's [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDEP1+shtml/ latest forecast discussion on Hurricane Alvin]

== See also ==
{{Portal|Tropical cyclone}}
* [[Tropical Storm Alvin|Other storms of the same name]]
* [[Hurricane Alma (1990)]]

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
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*[http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/ALVIN.shtml The National Hurricane Center's advisory archive] of Hurricane Alvin
[[:Category:2019 Pacific hurricane season]]
[[:Category:Category 1 Pacific hurricanes|Alvin]]