October 7th, 2012 Category: Image of the day, Tropical Storms

Tropical Storm Olivia (15E) – October 6th, 2012

Track of TS 15E

As of 2 p.m. PDT (1500 UTC) October 6, Tropical Storm Olivia (15E) is located within 60 nautical miles of 14.0°N 118.7°W, about 890 mi (1430 km) SW of the southern tip of Baja California. Maximum sustained winds are 40 knots (45 mph, 75 km/h), with stronger gusts. Minimum central pressure is 1004 mbar (hPa; 29.65 InHg), and the system is moving west at 8 kt (12 mph, 19 km/h).

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September 30th, 2012 Category: Tropical Storms

Tropical Depression Norman (14E) – September 29th, 2012

Track of TD 14E

Early on September 25, the National Hurricane Center began monitoring an area of disturbed weather a few hundred miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. This system originally lacked a well-defined center and was broad in size, but gradually organized as it moved towards the north-northwest.

Satellite, ship, and buoy observations early on September 28 revealed that the low had become much better defined, and at 1500 UTC, the first advisory was issued on Tropical Storm Norman (14E), located at the time about 85 mi (135 km) east of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Norman weakened as it approached the coast of western Mexico and it became a tropical depression on September 29. The depression made landfall about just west of Topolobampo, but quickly emerged into the Gulf of California. The last of the deep convection associated with Norman dissipated early on September 29, and Norman became a post-tropical remnant low later that day.

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September 27th, 2012 Category: Tropical Storms

Tropical Storm Miriam (13E) – September 26th, 2012

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Track of TS 13E

As of 8 a.m. PDT (0900 UTC) September 26, Tropical Storm Miriam (13E) is located within 15 nautical miles of 20.0°N 115.7°W, about 425 mi (680 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.

Maximum sustained winds are 55 knots (65 mph, 100 km/h), with stronger gusts. Minimum central pressure is 992 mbar (hPa; 29.29 InHg), and the system is moving NW at 5 kt (6 mph, 9 km/h). Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 30 mi (45 km) from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 125 mi (205 km) from the center of Miriam.

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September 26th, 2012 Category: Tropical Cyclones

Hurricane Miriam (13E) – September 25th, 2012

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Track of TS 13E

As of 2 p.m. PDT (2100 UTC) September 25, Hurricane Miriam (13E) is located within 15 nautical miles of 18.9°N 114.9°W, about 425 mi (685 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.

Maximum sustained winds are 65 knots (85 mph, 140 km/h), with stronger gusts. Minimum central pressure is 979 mbar (hPa; 28.91 InHg), and the system is moving WNW at 3 kt (5 mph, 7 km/h). Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 30 mi (45 km) from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 125 mi (205 km) from the center of Miriam.

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