Remnant of storm Javier surges tropical moisture, floods threat issued in Southwest US
Remnants of Tropical Storm Javier have increased the moisture into the Southwest US, exposing the region to the flash floods during the next few days.
In wake of this, weathermen are predicting widespread rains and thunderstorm activities across the parts of Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, southern Colorado and West Texas during the week.The rains will also be accompanied with squally winds and dangerous lightning.
During the last 24 hours, massive storms were witnessed in Arizona, triggering floods in Tucson.
National Weather Service have also issued flash flood watches across the Southwest. According to the forecast by the meteorologists, Southwest could see rainfall could rainfall ranging between 25 mm and 75 mm. Some places may see more intense showers.
Strom Javier to fizzle out soon
The much hyped Tropical Storm Javier is barely close to Baja California. Now, this system is expected to fizzle out soon and become a mere remnant very soon.
As per the National Hurricane Center, the tropical storm is still producing gusty winds, however, dry air along with the interactions with the Baja Peninsula and northeasterly wind shear has only resulted in the weakening of the storm.
As of now, there has been a loss in central convection and as of now Javier merely consists of a swirl of low-level clouds. While a few tropical storm watches and warnings had been issued for southern parts of Baja California, these are likely to be dropped.
By Wednesday, Storm Javier is most likely to downgrade into a depression or even a low pressure as it has failed to regenerate any convection near its circulation centre. Some gusty winds may be experienced, but no damage is likely.
Published on August 8, 2016 12:40 PM: Tropical Storm Javier forms near Mexico, Hurricane alert issued for Baja California
Tropical Storm Javier has formed near the Mexico's Pacific coast on Sunday and is likely to move along the coast during the next two days.
The storm will shift in north direction towards Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula including Cabo San Lucas by Monday. In the wake of this, hurricane watches and warnings have been issued for the region.
Javier has been producing squally winds with maximum sustained winds of 72 kmph and as of Sunday it was located around 337 km southeast of Cabo San Lucas.
According to meteorologists, torrential rains along with damaging winds are expected to lash several parts of Mexico during the next few days.
However, weathermen predict that Javier is not likely to intensify quickly due its interaction with the land despite of plenty of warm sea water.
In coming days, Javier is expected to produce heavy rainfall ranging between 100 mm to 225 mm over coastal parts of Colima, Jalisco, Michoacan and Nayarit states on Tuesday.
In addition to this, the storm could also infuse tropical moisture over the parts of the Southwest US by midweek. With this, we could expect some locally heavy rain and flash floods in areas of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
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