Hurricane Calvin in Eastern Pacific No Longer a Threat

Hurricane Calvin - Now a Memory

The TRMM satellite captured rainfall within tropical storm Calvin on July 8, 2011 at 0137 UTC (7 p.m. CDT) as it was getting better organized and contained scattered heavy thunderstorms dropping heavy rain at a rate of over 50 mm/hr (~2 inches) (red). Isolated areas of heaviest rainfall was near the center of Calvin and on the eastern side over coastal Mexico. The yellow and green areas indicate moderate rainfall between .78 to 1.57 inches (20 to 40 mm) per hour.  > View larger image   Credit: NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce 

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

Tropical Storm Calvin, the third named storm for the East Pacific 2011 Hurricane Season, grew stronger during the day on Friday, July 8, and by early afternoon had hurricane-strength winds.   Fortunately, this tropical cyclone came and went without much concern as it was headed away from land.

HISTORY OF HURRICANE CALVIN

800 AM PDT THU JUL 07 2011   (TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-E ADVISORY NUMBER   1)
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS SOUTH OF MEXICO...FORECAST TO BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM...
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...14.8N 101.2W
ABOUT 355 MI...570 KM SE OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES

800 PM PDT THU JUL 07 2011  (TROPICAL STORM CALVIN ADVISORY NUMBER   3)

 

...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO THE THIRD TROPICAL STORM OF THE
2011 EASTERN PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...16.0N 104.3W
ABOUT 205 MI...335 KM S OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES

200 PM PDT FRI JUL 08 2011  (HURRICANE CALVIN ADVISORY NUMBER   6)
 
...CALVIN BECOMES THE THIRD HURRICANE OF THE 2011 EASTERN PACIFIC
HURRICANE SEASON...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...16.3N 108.5W
ABOUT 340 MI...545 KM SSW OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB...29.15 INCHES
 

CALVIN BECAME A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE ON FRIDAY

800 PM PDT SAT JUL 09 2011  (POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE CALVIN ADVISORY NUMBER  11)
 
...CALVIN WEAKENS TO A POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW...THIS IS THE
LAST ADVISORY...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...17.7N 112.6W
ABOUT 400 MI...645 KM SSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES 

THE REMNANT LOW WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...17
KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

Hurricane CALVIN Advisory Archive