Friday, 13 June 2014

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms

In the Eastern Pacific Ocean:

Hurricane Cristina is located about 285 mi (465 km) WSW of Manzanillo, Mexico.

Hurricane Cristina walled off the dry air surrounding it and put on an impressive round of rapid intensification overnight, topping out as powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds and a central pressure estimated at 935 mb at 11 am EDT Thursday. Cristina is the second hurricane this year to reach major hurricane strength in the Eastern Pacific.

In the Arabian Sea:

Tropical cyclone Nanauk is located approximately 251 nm east-southeast of Masirah Island. Nanauk continues steaming westwards across the Arabian Sea at 11 mph towards Oman.

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