Tropical Storm Douglas Spins Off Mexico's Pacific Coast

June 30,2014



 

Tropical Storm Douglas, the fourth named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season, is holding status quo about 450 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
First born as Tropical Depression Four-E Saturday afternoon, Tropical Storm Douglas is expected to track west-northwest, then curl west over the next several days, posing no direct threat to land.
Douglas is already moving over cooler ocean water, and has failed to consolidate convection near its center all along, putting a cap on its strengthening, unlike early-season dynamos Amanda and Cristina.
A slow weakening thanks to an environment less favorable for convection (stable air) later this week will likely take Douglas to remnant low status by the weekend.

Projected Path

Projected Path

The latest forecast path and wind speeds from the National Hurricane Center.

Storm Information

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Current Information

So, where exactly is the cyclone's center located now? If you're plotting the storm along with us, the information depicted in the map above provides the latitude/longitude coordinates, distance away from the nearest land location, maximum sustained winds and central pressure (measured in millibars).

Infrared Satellite

• INTERACTIVE SATELLITE

Infrared Satellite

This infrared satellite image shows how cold (and therefore how high) the cloud tops are. Brighter orange and red shadings concentrated near the center of circulation signify a healthy tropical cyclone.

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NASA image acquired Sept. 13, 2010, at 16:40 UTC Hurricane Igor in the Atlantic Ocean. (NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team)