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Hurricane Stan
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Hurricane Stan |
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Despite hitting a relatively remote section of the Mexican coastline as a Category 1 hurricane, Stan's effects were felt across the region as 49 people died in El Salvador as a result of mudslides brought on by related storms. A total of 65 people perished across the entire region as a result of Stan. Stan became the 18th named storm of an extremely active 2005 hurricane season on October 1, 2005, just east of the Yucatan Peninsula in the far western Caribbean. Moving west, Stan quickly made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, which it traversed as a weak tropical storm. After re-emerging over warm water in the Bay of Campeche, Stan turned to the southwest and began to intensify. The storm, however, did not have much room to grow over water before encountering the Mexican coastline and so made landfall south of Vera Cruz, Mexico, as a Category 1 hurricane. The image above shows observations obtained from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) at 10:05 UTC (6:05 am EDT) on October 4. It shows Stan making landfall along the coast of Vera Cruz, Mexico. A band of intense rain (dark red areas) is visible as part of the eastern eyewall, with additional heavy rain associated with an outer rain band located just offshore along the coast. At the time of the image, Stan was a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds reported at 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour) by the National Hurricane Center. The TRMM satellite has been measuring rainfall over the tropics since its launch in 1997. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and captioned by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Depression Larry
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Tropical Depression Larry |
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Tropical Storm Larry formed in the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico on the evening of October 1, 2003. Larry remained a tropical storm with winds reaching up to 60 mph as estimated by the National Hurricane Center. Larry was nearly stationary at times, and slowly drifted southward before coming ashore near Coatzacoalcos, Mexico on the Gulf Coast side of southern Mexico on the morning of the 5th. The primary threat from Larry was flooding due to the storm's slow forward speed. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows rainfall totals associated with Larry for the period September 30 to October 7, 2003. Fortunately, the heaviest amounts, on the order of 20 inches (darkest reds), appear offshore. However, coastal areas received up to a foot of rain (red areas) with 4 to 10 inches (green to yellow areas) occurring inland between the coast and the highlands of the southern Sierra Madre. Tropical storm symbols mark the positions of Larry every 24 hours beginning at 7 pm CDT on October 1 as reported by the National Hurricane Center. Larry first drifted towards the southwest then jogged to the southeast before continuing to move southward. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency NASDA. Image generated by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Depression Larry
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Tropical Depression Larry |
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Tropical Storm Larry formed in the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico on the evening of October 1, 2003. Larry remained a tropical storm with winds reaching up to 60 mph as estimated by the National Hurricane Center. Larry was nearly stationary at times, and slowly drifted southward before coming ashore near Coatzacoalcos, Mexico on the Gulf Coast side of southern Mexico on the morning of the 5th. The primary threat from Larry was flooding due to the storm's slow forward speed. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows rainfall totals associated with Larry for the period September 30 to October 7, 2003. Fortunately, the heaviest amounts, on the order of 20 inches (darkest reds), appear offshore. However, coastal areas received up to a foot of rain (red areas) with 4 to 10 inches (green to yellow areas) occurring inland between the coast and the highlands of the southern Sierra Madre. Tropical storm symbols mark the positions of Larry every 24 hours beginning at 7 pm CDT on October 1 as reported by the National Hurricane Center. Larry first drifted towards the southwest then jogged to the southeast before continuing to move southward. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency NASDA. Image generated by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Depression Larry: N
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larry_trm2003280
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2003-10-07 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Hurricane Stan: Natural Haza
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Despite hitting a relatively
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stan_trmm_04oct05
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2005-10-04 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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stan_trmm_04oct05 |
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