Kristy strengthens into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Kristy strengthened into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday and was expected to remain away from land as the storm grows more powerful, forecasters said.The storm was 590 miles (950 kilometers) west-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, and was moving west at 18 mph (30 kph). It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.Kristy became a tropical storm Monday off of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast before strengthening into a Category 1 hurricane. It is expected to rapidly intensify and could become a Category 3 storm this week before...
Tropical Weather-Pacific
Tropical Weather-Pacific for Saturday, October 19, 2024 Eastern Pacific: Monitoring a medium risk for development No features are being monitored in the Pacific basin at this time. However, AccuWeather hurricane experts are monitoring a medium risk for development in the east-central Pacific during the middle of ...
Is hurricane season over? Not quite
(NATIONAL) — Another busy hurricane season is slowly starting to wrap up across the Atlantic Ocean. The official hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Climatologically speaking, hurricane season typically peaks around Sept. 10 for tropical cyclone activity. The graphic above shows the most common dates for hurricanes and tropical storms to form […]