That atmospheric switch was flipped in July with less wind shear-change of wind direction and speed with height-and increased amounts of rising air. However, during the beginning of the hurricane season, which started May 15, the atmosphere was simply not conducive for storms to take advantage of the warm waters below. The waters in the tropical eastern Pacific have been slightly above-average dating back several months, likely related in some way to the near record 2015-2016 El Niño. The cradle of creation in the eastern Pacific image based on data from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. A slow start to the season was erased during an incredibly active July and beginning of August. Flash flooding across the islands inundated roads and bridges, but luckily there were no fatalities.Įastern North Pacific hurricane season preliminary storm tracks, valid from May 15–August 11, 2016. Darby dropped over half a foot of rain on the Big Island, up to 8 inches in Maui, and 7 inches on Oahu. Darby would become the first storm since Iselle in 2014 to impact the islands directly and the fifth storm ever to make landfall in Hawaii since records began in 1949. The most dangerous was Darby (far left), which at the time the satellite passed overheard on July 22 was a tropical storm close to making landfall on the island of Hawai’i. A conveyor belt of four tropical storms churned away on July 22, when the satellite image above was captured. And the month of July tied a July record for most named storms (seven) forming and set a new July record for most hurricanes at five.Īll this activity makes for some stunning satellite shots. The breakneck speed at which ten named storms formed set a record for the eastern Pacific Ocean. Fast forward to August 7, and the tenth named storm tropical storm, Javier, spun into existence more than three weeks earlier than normal (September 1 st). In fact, it was the slowest start to the hurricane season in this part of the globe during the satellite era (1971-present). The first named storm of the 2016 eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season, Agatha, did not form until July 2-more than three weeks later than normal. NASA/NOAA Suomi-NPP VIIRS satellite image from NASA Worldview. At the time, four tropical storms were spinning, with one (tropical storm Darby) about to make landfall in Hawaii. Eastern North Pacific Ocean on July 22, 2016.
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