Late Season Tropical Storm Kenneth

Late-Season Tropical Storm Kenneth

Forms in East Pacific
Strengthens into Hurricane

KENNETH BECOMES THE LATEST-FORMING NAMED STORM IN THE EASTERN NORTH
PACIFIC SINCE HURRICANE WINNIE FORMED ON 4 DECEMBER 1983.

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700 AM PST WED NOV 23 2011

...KENNETH QUICKLY UNRAVELLING...

It is late in the Atlantic and Pacific Hurricane Seasons but Mother Nature isn't paying attention to the calendar.  NASA's  GOES-13 satellite was keeping forecasters informed about developing lows like System 90E in the eastern Pacific and another low pressure area in the Atlantic. 

90E has become Tropical Storm Kenneth and it is anticipated that it will become a hurricane shortly.

 In this image ... NOAA's GOES-13 satellite caught System 90E developing in the eastern Pacific (left) and another tropical low in the Atlantic (right) on Nov. 18, 2011 at 1145 UTC (7:45 a.m. EST). The low called System 90E appeared to be getting organized on the GOES infrared imagery with the largest amount of clouds north and east of the low's center of circulation. The cold front that brought tornadoes to the southeastern U.S. is seen to the west of the Atlantic Low.
Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project

 

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SUMMARY OF 700 AM PST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...12.6N 117.3W
ABOUT 860 MI...1385 KM SW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...978 MB...28.88 INCHES

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Current Watches & Warnings

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE.

THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  KENNETH IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS...AND KENNETH IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL
STORM ON THURSDAY.  

HISTORICAL DATA:        Storm Archive       Graphics Archive                                         

100 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011

...RARE MID-NOVEMBER TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE EASTERN
PACIFIC...

100 AM PST MON NOV 21 2011
...KENNETH RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING...EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE
LATER TODAY... 

700 AM PST TUE NOV 22 2011
...KENNETH STRENGTHENS TO A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...STRONGEST LATE
SEASON EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE ON RECORD...