▁At mos pher ic ▁Administration ▁( NO AA ), ▁mean while , ▁released ▁their ▁season al ▁out look ▁on ▁May   1 6 , ▁predict ing ▁ 1 1 ▁to ▁ 1 5 ▁named ▁storm s , ▁ 6 ▁to ▁ 8 ▁h urr ican es , ▁and ▁ 2 ▁to ▁ 4 ▁major ▁h urr ican es . ▁The ▁organization ▁noted ▁that ▁when ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁bas in ▁was ▁bus ier ▁than ▁average , ▁as ▁expected ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁eastern ▁Pacific ▁generally ▁saw ▁less er ▁activity . ▁That ▁same ▁day , ▁NO AA ▁issued ▁a ▁forec ast ▁for ▁activity ▁across ▁the ▁central ▁Pacific , ▁expecting ▁ 2 ▁to ▁ 3 ▁tropical ▁cycl ones ▁to ▁occur ▁across ▁the ▁bas in . ▁A ▁normal ▁season ▁aver aged ▁ 4 ▁to ▁ 5 ▁tropical ▁cycl ones , ▁including ▁ 1 ▁h urr icane . ▁A ▁near - normal ▁El ▁Ni ño – S ou thern ▁O sc ill ation ▁existed ▁across ▁the ▁equ atorial ▁Pacific ▁throughout ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁which ▁indicated ▁conditions ▁generally ▁less ▁condu ci ve ▁for ▁activity ▁there . ▁ ▁Season al ▁summary ▁ ▁The ▁season ' s ▁first ▁tropical ▁cy clone , ▁Ad rian , ▁developed ▁on ▁May   1 7 ▁and ▁reached ▁its ▁peak ▁as ▁a ▁Category   1 ▁h urr icane . ▁N amed ▁storm s ▁are ▁inf re quent ▁in ▁May , ▁with ▁one ▁tropical ▁storm ▁every ▁two ▁years ▁and ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁once ▁every ▁four ▁years . ▁At ▁the ▁time