Tropical Storm Darby Forms in East Pacific

5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Darby (Credit: NOAA NHC)

Click for Current 5-Day Graphic

UPDATE: 

...DARBY IS NO LONGER A TROPICAL CYCLONE...

Not the storm you are looking for?  Click Image or Here

800 AM PDT SAT JUN 26 2010
...DARBY MAINTAINS CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE STRENGTH...

200 AM PDT FRI JUN 25 2010
...DARBY...A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...MAY BECOME 
  MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY ...

Tropical Storm Darby is the fourth named storm of the East Pacific 2010 Hurricane Season.  Darby is approaching hurricane strength and is predicted to become the second hurricane of the season.  The tropical storm is currently 295 miles SSW of Salina Cruz Mexico.  On the current track, Darby is expected to remain south of the Mexican coast for the next two days.

Mariner Danger Area (Credit NOAA)

There are currently two (three as of this update) active storms which we are tracking .  Hurricane Celia is currently a Category ONE hurricane.  At one point Celia was a Category FIVE hurricane.    We will continue to monitor Hurricane Celia until it is no longer a threat.  NHC issuing advisories on TS ALEX, Hurricane CELIA and Hurricane DARBY

For complete up to the minute information on this developing storm, click on the RSS feeds in the left navigation pane of this blog.   We will provide updates periodically as conditions warrant.

Current Watches & Warnings

There are no current Coastal Watches or Warnings in Effect

Discussion & Outlook

SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION (26 JUN)

LOCATION...13.4N 102.9W
ABOUT 310 MI...500 KM SSW OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 260 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...967 MB...28.56 INCHES

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DARBY IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
48 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40
MILES...65 KM.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

NONE.

There are no cruise ships in the immediate vicinity of 
Celia or Darby

Tropical Storm Resources (click links below)
Tropical Storm DARBY	National Hurricane Center
East Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook	National Weather Service
East Pacific Tropical Weather Discussion	Hurricane Preparedness
Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook (EPAC)	Real-Time Hurricane Information
Active Storms	NOAA Satellites & Information
NASA: Latest Storm Images	WMO Severe Weather Information Centre
Real-time Monitoring (E. Pacific)	The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
Real-time Weather Sites	Real-Time Cruise Ship Tracking