Seymour intensifies into Category 4 Hurricane in Pacific
Hurricane Seymour in Eastern Pacific Ocean continued to gain more strength during the last 24 hours and is presently a Category 4 hurricane. The system is moving at a speed of 22 kmph, accompanied with the high velocity winds gusting up to 240 kmph.
Seymour is located 1120 km southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. With this, the hurricane is far enough from the land to pose any threat.
Seymour will continue to strengthen further for another day or two. Thereafter, the system will start showing signs of weakening later in the week on account of the increasing wind shear.
Moreover, the system will also move into cool sea surface temperatures which would further enhance its weakening.
It is the fifth major hurricane of the 2016 Eastern Pacific hurricane season and 13th hurricane of the season so far.
Seymour strengthens into Category 3 Hurricane in Pacific, to intensify further
Tropical Storm Seymour continues to intensify on Tuesday and is now a Category 3 hurricane. With this, it is the fifth major hurricane of the 2016 Pacific hurricane season.
It is currently moving west in the eastern Pacific and may gain some more strength for the next few hours. Seymour could intensify into a Category 4 hurricane by the late Tuesday hours.
Seymour is moving well off the Mexico coast, posing no threat to the land. At present, Hurricane Seymour was seen around 900 km south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.
Thereafter, hurricane will start showing signs of weakening due to increase in wind shear and cooler sea surface temperatures. However, this will only happen later this week.
Seymour will remain far enough offshore to never be a threat to land. It is also the 13th hurricane of the current hurricane season.
On Sunday afternoon, Tropical Storm Seymour formed off the coast of Mexico. Soon, the system is expected to intensify into a hurricane. Storm Seymour happens to be 18th-named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season.
The reason of fast intensification of the storm can be attributed to warm sea surface temperatures which are conducive for the growth of hurricanes.
Moreover, vertical wind shear seems to be low which will not hinder the growth of the hurricane in the coming days. In most of the cases, when the vertical wind shear is high in the order of 20 to 30 knots, it inhibits the growth of hurricanes.
The rate of intensification decreases and sometimes, the hurricane remains of the same strength and at times gradually decreases due to cooler sea temperatures and high vertical wind shear.
In a few days’ time, the system is expected to move in a west-northwest direction, which means far away from Mexico. The good news here is that the Tropical storm even after becoming a hurricane will pose no threat to land.
On Sunday night, Tropical storm Seymour was just about 350 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo in Mexico. In just about 24 to 48 hours, Seymour is expected to intensify and become a hurricane.
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