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Tracking east instead of west, Hurricane Adrian is already a Pacific oddity, but it just might get even more unusual: It could undergo a sex change if it fizzles over Central America and later re-forms. That's right -- Adrian could morph into Arlene, the first tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

BULLETIN HURRICANE ADRIAN SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM PDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...AIR FORCE PLANE INDICATES THAT ADRIAN IS A HURRICANE... AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR HAVE UPGRADED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF GUATEMALA FROM SIPACATE EASTWARD TO THE EL SALVADOR-HONDURAS BORDER. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF HONDURAS...INCLUDING THE GOLFO DE FONSECA...AND FOR GUATEMALA FROM SIPACATE WESTWARD TO THE GUATEMALA-MEXICO BORDER. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN CENTRAL AMERICA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF...

Updated as of Wed May 18 23:02:18 UTC 2005. DATE-(UTC)-TIME Latitude Longitude Depth Magnitude Comments yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss degrees degrees km 2005/05/18 20:30:29 14.72N 89.52W 35.7 5.2 GUATEMALA 2005/05/18 19:59:42 38.41N 93.99W 5.0 3.3 MISSOURI 2005/05/18 17:03:43 29.86N 42.66W 10.0 5.1 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE