Tropical storm Aletta remains active in the eastern Pacific, and has reached what is expected to be its peak strength now. It has 40 mph sustained winds, with somewhat higher gusts. Aletta is moving in a west-northwest direction, and is forecast to swing northwest and north…and then northeast or even eastward towards the Mexican coast during the next 24-36 hours. As this motion back towards the coast occurs, Aletta will reach unfavorable environmental conditions, with an expected steady, or even rapid weakening. Degeneration into a remnant low pressure system is expected in 2 to 3 days.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is also pointing out an area of disturbed weather east of Aletta, and closer to the far southern coast of Mexico…or about 525 miles south-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico. This tropical disturbance is being given a 20% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours. Here is a satellite image showing both Aletta, and this area of disturbed weather circled in yellow.
Meanwhile, in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) continues to show no active tropical cyclones…nor any suspect areas throughout its large AOR.
Tropical cyclone Aletta (1E) is active in the eastern Pacific…located approximately 785 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. (Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds)
PDC Global Hazards Atlas displaying 3 day precipitation accumulation, and tropical storm Aletta with error cones and forecast storm positions
Eastern North Pacific
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC…EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE:
Tropical Cyclone Aletta (1E)
NHC forecast advisory
NHC graphical track map
NOAA Satellite image
Pacific Disaster Center’s Global Hazards Atlas
NHC graphical Tropical Weather Outlook Map
Central North Pacific
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC…BETWEEN 140W AND 180:
The central north Pacific hurricane season officially ended on November 30. The NWSFO in Honolulu will resume issuing outlooks starting again on June 1 of 2012.
CPHC Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
Latest Central Pacific Satellite Image
Western North Pacific
There are no current tropical cyclones
South Pacific
There are no current tropical cyclones
North Indian Ocean
There are no current tropical cyclones
South Indian Ocean
There are no current tropical cyclones
North Arabian Sea
There are no current tropical cyclones
