How can one know how much rain really falls over the path of a tropical storm or hurricane? This is a question that greatly interests meteorologists and hydrologists. The normally dry region of southern New Mexico got enough rain to cause isolated road flooding, John's remnants brought southern Arizona scattered rain. On Tuesday, September 5, much of the southwestern United States was under clouds and rain as the remnants of John moved closer to the region. The month and day are indicated along the track. 30, the track line is cyan or light blue, indicating at that time, that John was a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds between 111-130 mph.
The track is superimposed on the rainfall, with the storm intensity indicated by the color of the line. The rainfall is accumulated within approximately 410 miles (a radius of 6 degrees) of the storm center following the track. As Hector, it caused evacuations but minimal destruction to Mexico’s Pacific coast.Image: This image shows the amount of rain that fell from Hurricane John from Aug. During its track over Mexico, Ernesto caused over US$250 million and resulted in a dozen deaths (directly and indirectly). By August 11th the system reformed into Tropical Storm Hector. However, the envelope of clouds and moisture could be followed into the eastern Pacific. The trip across the Mexican mountains disrupted its circulation, and no clear center could be tracked. It skirted along the shore and made another landfall just a few hours later. It weakened quickly as it moved over the peninsula and reached the Bay of Campeche less than a day later. It made landfall in Mexico early on August 8th with winds slightly less than the peak values. Late on August 7th, as it neared Belize, Ernesto finally organized into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/hr). As it approached Nicaragua on August 6th, the storm diverted to a northwesterly track and avoided landfall in Central America. Although heavy winds closed down transportation among the neighboring islands, no significant damage was reported.Įrnesto maintained a westerly course and struggled against dry-air intrusion to maintain tropical-storm strength. The system struggled against wind shear and dry air and slowly organized into a tropical storm late on the following day, being named Ernesto. 1st when they found a closed circulation. An Air Force Hurricane Hunter flew into the system as it approached the Lesser Antilles, and NHC classified it a tropical depression on Aug.
It was tracked by satellite for the next five days. Its remnants reformed in the eastern Pacific as a tropical storm.Įrnesto formed from an African easterly wave, which moved off the African coast on July 27th. As a Category-One hurricane, it dumped copious rain across the Yucatan and southern Mexico. Following a similar path to Tropical Storm Franklin, it was five years ago when Hurricane Ernesto struck the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. On August 8, 2012, Hurricane Ernesto made landfall in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
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