Felicia Hurricane
Hurricane Felicia, While the tropical Atlantic is anticipated to remain calm for the foreseeable future, the East Pacific is a different story, with meteorologists predicting that many hurricanes will be spinning in the basin soon.
After Enrique dissipated in the Gulf of California on June 30, the East Pacific was barren of action for over two weeks. Tropical Depression 6-E formed well to the south of Mexico on Wednesday morning, soon intensifying to Tropical Storm Felicia. Felicia became a hurricane less than 24 hours later.
Enrique and Felicia have been the only two hurricanes in the East Pacific so far this season. There are, however, some distinctions between the two.
Enrique moved northward toward Mexico, bringing heavy rain and strong gusts, while Felicia became a hurricane just 24 hours after being recognized as a tropical cyclone. Felicia is not predicted to have any direct repercussions on Mexico, but it will have some indirect implications. “Felicia will produce huge swells and rough surf around Baja California Sur’s coast,” warned Meteorologist.
The area’s shipping interests will face treacherous waves. Felicia has already surpassed Enrique in strength, which peaked at Category 1.
Felicia was already a strong Category 3 storm on Friday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph. Felicia is the season’s first major storm in the Atlantic or East Pacific basins. A major storm has sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or more.
The cyclone has grown to Category 4 classification by Friday afternoon, with gusts reaching 130 mph.
Felicia was about 1,031 miles west-southwest of Baja California, Mexico, as of 10 p.m. PDT, and moving slowly at 9 mph.
Felicia’s intensity is likely to plateau and then begin to wane.
Felicia will begin to run into drier air and slightly cooler waters, according to Miller.
However, because the storm will be traveling west rather than north, the weakening process is predicted to be slow. Felicia will be able to stay afloat in marginally warmer seas as a result of this.
“If the track moves further further south, it may keep its intensity for longer,” Meteorologist said.
The ocean temperature is substantially lower further north, causing the hurricane to weaken and disintegrate quickly, similar to what occurred to Enrique.
Aside from Felicia, meteorologists are keeping an eye on a second area in the East Pacific for tropical development. Over the weekend, a band of showers and thunderstorms will form a few hundred kilometers south of Mexico, to the east of Felicia.
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