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Sunday 9August Tropical Storm Elida forms (formally TD9E). The 5th named storm in E Pacific average formation date is 22July.
Estimated winds 50mph(85km/h), moving WNW 15mph(24km/h), pressure 1003mb. Center about 195miles(315km) SW of Manzanillo, Mexico. TS winds go out about 45miles(75km) from center.
Expected to remain offshore, islands of Socorro and Clarion may want to keep an eye on it. Hurricane possible by Monday. But falling apart by weeks end.
Official storm stats are released by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) every 6hours at 5 & 11am/pmEDT/HST (2&8a/p PDT) here: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Mon 10Aug 5pEDT,2pPDT,11aHST
Winds 75mph(120km/h)
Moving WNW 14mph(22km/h)
Pressure 990mb
Cat1 Hurricane. Center about 55miles(90km) N of Socorro Island, about 235miles(380km) SSW of S tip of Baja. Hurricane winds extend from center up to 15miles(30km), TS winds 70miles(110km). Dry air, wind shear and cooler waters to it's NW as heads out to sea, weakening expected after Tuesday. Although it's helping pull moisture up in the air to Southern CA & AZ it may not translate into any actual rainfall.
Wed 12Aug 11pEDT,8pPDT,5pHST
Winds 40mph(65km/h)
Moving NW 9mph(15km/h)
Pressure 1004mb
And just like that, gone. An archive of NHC advisories can be found here: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2020/ELIDA.shtml?
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