The newest hurricane of the season in the East Pacific has developed, and it could become the next major hurricane. Not only is the system likely to impact Mexico, but some of its moisture and energy will also eventually fuel rainfall across drought-stricken parts of the United States. Tropical Storm Norma took shape on Tuesday...
Norma, which is undergoing explosive intensification, has evolved into a hurricane in the East Pacific, and it could make landfall in Mexico before some of its rain reaches the U.S.A new tropical system has developed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and moisture from the storm could eventually trigger significant rainfall in part of the central United States.
Initially, Norma may track toward the west or north for a time. However, steering breezes will eventually direct the system to the northeast and back toward the western coast of Mexico, perhaps as a potent hurricane. The last tropical system to strike Mexico did so as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.Along with the likelihood of torrential rain, flooding and mudslides near the point of landfall, heavy rain associated with Norma will be wrung out over the mountains across the interior, where additional flash flooding is possible. There is the likelihood of a broad zone where 4-8 inches of rain will fall with locally higher amounts.
Pastelok noted that if everything comes together, a general zone of 2-4 inches of rain might develop with local amounts near and just above 6 inches possible.
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