Tropical Depression Eight in Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Depression EIGHT

Tropical Depression EIGHT	400 AM CDT SAT SEP 07 2013 ...DEPRESSION WEAKENS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO...
WIND:	NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
WATCHES/ WARNINGS:	THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT
SHIP IMPACT:	NONE

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The low pressure area near Tampico Mexico is expected to move inland before becoming a tropical cyclone, but it is likely to bring 3 to 5 inches of rainfall and as much as 8 inches in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tamaulipas during the next few days.   Heavy winds, near tropical storm strength, are also expected which means that the area should be prepared to take appropriate actions just as they would if the tropical storm had already formed.

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SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...21.4N 99.3W
ABOUT 105 MI...170 KM WSW OF TAMPICO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WSW OR 250 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
RAINFALL...HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MEXICAN STATES
OF VERACRUZ...EASTERN SAN LUIS POTOSI AND TAMAULIPAS. THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

HISTORICAL DATA:

130 PM CDT FRI SEP 06 2013
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR
TAMPICO...
...CENTER MAKING LANDFALL AT THIS TIME...

WIND...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE IN A FEW
SQUALLS OVER PORTIONS OF THE MEXICAN STATES OF VERACRUZ AND
TAMAULIPAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
RAINFALL...THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3
TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...IN THE
MEXICAN STATES OF VERACRUZ AND TAMAULIPAS.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 

400 PM CDT FRI SEP 06 2013
 
...CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION MOVING INLAND OVER EASTERN MEXICO...

Second Tropical Storm of East Pacific Probable

Eastern Pacific Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
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Tropical Depression TWO-E 

BecameTropical Storm Barbara 
Hurricane Category 1 Approaching Mexico

Tropical Storm Barbara - Graphics Archive   Storm Archive   

NHC issuing advisories on TD BARBARA

The second named storm of the 2013 East Pacific Hurricane Season has formed off the coast of Southern Mexico.  As the storm approaches the coast of Mexico, it has strengthened into a Category 1 Hurricane, the first for the season.

800 AM PDT THU MAY 30 2013

...BARBARA NEAR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO BUT VERY ILL DEFINED...
...THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING CONTINUES... 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 30 MPH...45
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  BARBARA IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE IN A
DAY OR SO.

 SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...18.5N 95.0W
ABOUT 40 MI...60 KM NW OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
RAINFALL...BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...
BRINGING STORM TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 25 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

10 AM Eastern 28 May 2013

While NOAA's East Pacific prediction is for a less active season, the second named storm appears to be imminent. There is currently a 90% chance that the low pressure system, which is producing thunderstorms about 190 miles south of Salina Cruz, Mexico, will become a tropical depression or tropical storm today.

REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...

HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO AND WESTERN CENTRAL 
AMERICA THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS DUE TO THE PERSISTENTLY STRONG 
ONSHORE FLOW MEETING THE ELEVATED TERRAIN. THESE RAINS COULD 
PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

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Historical Data: 

200 PM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS NEAR GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED...

500 PM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO TROPICAL STORM BARBARA...

1100 AM PDT WED MAY 29 2013

...BARBARA BECOMES A HURRICANE AS IT NEARS THE COAST OF MEXICO...
 

200 PM PDT WED MAY 29 2013

...BARBARA MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...
...PROLONGED THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS ANTICIPATED...

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUERTO ANGEL TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BARRA DE TONALA TO BOCA DE PIJIJIAPAN MEXICO.

Tropical Depression 2E Forms in East Pacific

TD 2E (TS Bud) Forms in East Pacific

Becomes the First Hurricane of Season

NHC issuing advisories on TS BUD

800 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...BUD CONTINUES TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST OF
SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...

Cruise Ship Impact    Current Watches & Warnings

 

Last year, the first few storms of the East Pacific Hurricane Season became Hurricanes.  So far this year we've had one named storm and the second Tropical Depression looks like it will strengthen into named storm TS Bud and potentially continue to grow in intensity and become a hurricane. The current 5-day track has it making landfall.

Bud is a Category Two Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane wind scale. Some weakening is forecast on Friday, but Bud is still expected to reach the coast of Mexico as a hurricane.

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CRUISE SHIP IMPACT

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE.

No reported cruise ship itinerary changes at this time.

SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...19.7N 105.6W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM S OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO
ABOUT 100 MI...155 KM WNW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE COAST OF MEXICO FROM MANZANILLO WESTWARD TO CABO CORRIENTES

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE COAST OF MEXICO NORTH OF CABO CORRIENTES TO SAN BLAS

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

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

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.   ADDITIONAL RAPID WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND
BUD IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SATURDAY.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING THE COAST OF MEXICO
IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA.  TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

RAINFALL...BUD IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO IN THE STATES
OF MICHOACAN...COLIMA...JALISCO AND SOUTHERN NAYARIT...WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES.  THESE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

STORM SURGE...A STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING
NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF BUD MAKES LANDFALL.
NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND
DAMAGING WAVES.

SURF...SWELLS GENERATED BY BUD ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN COASTS OF MEXICO.  THESE SWELLS ARE
LIKELY TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS.

Historical Data :    Graphics   Archive  

800 PM PDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS WELL SOUTH OF ACAPULCO...EXPECTED
TO STRENGTHEN...

200 AM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...SECOND TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2012 HURRICANE SEASON FORMS... 

800 PM PDT WED MAY 23 2012

...BUD ALMOST A HURRICANE...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR PART OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO... 

500 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

...BUD REMAINS JUST BELOW MAJOR HURRICANE STRENGTH...

Tropical Storm Resources (click links below)
Tropical Storm Bud	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

 

First 2012 Pacific Tropical Storm

2012 Pacific Hurricane Season

Begins Early with 1st Named Storm

Tropical Storm Aletta

Cruise Ship Impact    Current Watches & Warnings

 

Hurricane Season in the Pacific doesn't officially start until May 15th, but there already is a named storm South of Manzanillo, Mexico.  Tropical Storm Aletta strengthened to a named storm just 12 hours after forming.

800 AM PDT SAT MAY 19 2012
 
...ALETTA BECOMES POST-TROPICAL...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY... 

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SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...14.8N 112.5W
ABOUT 585 MI...940 KM SSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES

CRUISE SHIP IMPACT
None  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE IN A
COUPLE OF DAYS.

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. 

THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON ALETTA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REMNANTS OF
ALETTA PLEASE SEE HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFEPI AND WMO HEADER
FZPN01 KWBC.

Historical Data :  Graphics    Archive    

800 AM PDT MON MAY 14 2012
 
...FIRST TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE 2012 EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC
HURRICANE SEASON FORMS AHEAD OF THE OFFICIAL SEASON START DATE...

800 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012
 
...DEPRESSION BECOMES FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE YEAR IN THE
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC... 

Tropical Depression Ten Overshadowed

Tropical Depression Ten

Formed August 25th

Far Eastern Atlantic

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While Hurricane Irene was barreling towards Bahamas and on to the East Coast of the United States, TD-Ten quietly formed in the far Eastern portions of the Atlantic Ocean.   We monitored this storm, which had a chance of becoming a stronger Tropical Cyclone, but fortunately, that never materialized.  Wind speeds never exceeded 35 mph which meant it would not be a named storm after all.

1100 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
 
...DEPRESSION DISSIPATES...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 30 MPH...45
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
DECREASE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 

Historical Data:        Storm Archive           Graphics Archive                                     

500 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011
 
...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...