The NOAA National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicates that Hurricane Barbara made landfall on the coast of Chiapas, Mexico at 3:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). This image was taken by GOES-East satellite at 2:15 PM, on May 29, 2013.
000WTPZ42 KNHC 300835TCDEP2TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA DISCUSSION NUMBER 8NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022013200 AM PDT THU MAY 30 2013BARBARA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES NORTHWARD OVERSOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. BASED ON THE TIME SPENT OVER LAND AND THELACK OF ANY REPORTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FOR SEVERALHOURS...THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS LOWERED TO 30 KT FOR THIS ADVISORY. GLOBAL MODEL FIELDS SHOW THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION DISSIPATINGSOON...AND THE NEW NHC FORECAST CONTINUES TO FOLLOW THATREASONING. A REMNANT LOW IS FORECAST AT 12 HOURS OVER THE EXTREMESOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH DISSIPATION SHOWN AT 24 HOURS.HOWEVER...THERE HAS BEEN A NEW BURST OF CONVECTION NORTH OFTHE CENTER IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. IF ORGANIZED DEEPCONVECTION AND A WELL-DEFINED CIRCULATION ARE MAINTAINED...BARBARACOULD EMERGE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE LATERTHIS MORNING. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THIS OCCURS...THE NEXT ADVISORYWOULD BE ISSUED WITH ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL CYCLONE PRODUCTS ANDHEADERS.DESPITE THE WEAKENING OF THE CYCLONE...THE MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TOBE HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. DISTURBEDWEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF BARBARA IS LIKELYTO PERSIST OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICAFOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND A HEIGHTENED RISK OF DANGEROUSFLOODING AND MUD SLIDES WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS REGION.FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDSINIT 30/0900Z 17.8N 93.9W 30 KT 35 MPH 12H 30/1800Z 18.7N 94.0W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 24H 31/0600Z...DISSIPATED$$FORECASTER BRENNAN
000WTPZ42 KNHC 302031TCDEP2REMNANTS OF BARBARA DISCUSSION NUMBER 10NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022013200 PM PDT THU MAY 30 2013THREE SURFACE OBSERVING SITES NEAR COATZACOALCOS MEXICO HAVE BEENPERSISTENTLY REPORTING WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST...YETHIGH-RESOLUTION VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES HAVE BEEN SUGGESTING AWEAK CIRCULATION CENTERED TO THE EAST OF THESE SITES. APPARENTLYTHE LATTER CIRCULATION IS EITHER NOT AT THE SURFACE OR IS EXTREMELYWEAK AND ILL DEFINED. SINCE BARBARA DOES NOT HAVE A WELL-DEFINEDCENTER OF SURFACE CIRCULATION AND LACKS SUFFICIENT ORGANIZED DEEPCONVECTION...IT NO LONGER QUALIFIES AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE...ANDADVISORIES ARE BEING DISCONTINUED. OUR OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT ISTHAT BARBARA DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AS A TROPICALCYCLONE.ALTHOUGH THE CYCLONE HAS DISSIPATED...DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATEDWITH THE REMNANTS OF BARBARA IS LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER SOUTHEASTERNMEXICO AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA FOR THE NEXT SEVERALDAYS...AND A HEIGHTENED RISK OF DANGEROUS FLOODING AND MUD SLIDESWILL CONTINUE OVER THIS REGION.FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDSINIT 30/2100Z 18.5N 94.5W 20 KT 25 MPH...REMNANTS 12H 31/0600Z...DISSIPATED$$FORECASTER PASCH
Maravillosa animación! Además, sobre el sur de México, nuevos CCMs se han desarrollado y habrán descargado con violencia...