FURACÃO VANCE CATEGORIA 2 NO MÉXICO

Furacão Vance categoria 2 no dia 03.11.2014 na imagem visível animada.

 

Last Updated	03/11/2014, 07:00:00 (Hora oficial do Brasil)
Location	14.5N 110.3W	Movement	NW at 14 mph
Wind	165KPH	Pressure:	971 MB

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Mundo 03/11/2014 08:12

Furacão Vance ganha força, mas continua longe da costa

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Furacão: centro da tempestade está localizado 815 quilômetros a sudoeste de Manzanillo, o porto comercial mais ativo do México

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Cidade do México - O furacão Vance ganhou força no domingo e passou à categoria 2 sobre as águas do Pacífico mexicano, e ameaça continuar se fortalecendo nas próximas horas, mas ainda está afastado da costa.
O centro da tempestade está localizado 815 quilômetros a sudoeste de Manzanillo, o porto comercial mais ativo do México, no Estado de Colima, e registrava ventos máximos constantes de 165 km/h, informou o Centro Nacional de Furacões dos Estados Unidos.
O furacão estava se movendo paralelamente ao litoral rumo a noroeste a 28km/h, mas espera-se que diminua de velocidade nesta segunda-feria e faça um leve giro para o norte, seguido por uma nova virada na terça-feira para norte-nordeste, encaminhando-se para a costa oeste. O governo mexicano disse que o Vence pode causar chuvas nos Estados de Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima e Jalisco.

 

Hurricane Vance Forecast To Weaken As It Nears Mexico's Pacific Coast; High Surf, Rip Currents Likely

Published: Nov 3, 2014, 6:00 AM EST

 Hurricane Vance continues to maintain strength over the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. It became a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Sunday evening with winds of 105 mph.
(MORE: Expert Analysis | Hurricane Central)
However, its time of intensification appears to be ending.

Vance's latest position, motion, and top wind speeds.

Infrared Satellite

Hurricane Vance is tracking to the north-northwest, and is expected to begin its northeast turn toward the southwest Mexican coast, as a mid-level ridge near the southern Baja California peninsula shifts eastward and a trough approaches.

The forecast path for Hurricane Vance.

Vance may peak as a major (Category 3 or higher) hurricane Monday. If so, it would be the ninth major hurricane of 2014 in the Eastern Pacific (10 if one counts Genevieve), and would break the eastern Pacific seasonal record for Category 3 or stronger hurricanes, according to hurricane specialist, Michael Lowry.
However, wind shear is already increasing over Vance, and, given Vance's tiny size (hurricane-force winds only up to 15 miles from center), rapid weakening is possible beginning Tuesday. Vance may spin down so quickly that it may never make landfall as a tropical cyclone, rather as a remnant low, late Wednesday or early Thursday generally north of Puerto Vallarta.
Those along the southwest Mexican coast and the southern Baja Peninsula, including Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
Given Vance's initially powerful winds, swells from Vance will churn up high surf and rip currents at Mexico's Pacific beaches, even if the storm itself loses steam before reaching land. The potentially dangerous conditions for swimmers may reach parts of Mexico's coast as early as Monday or Tuesday.
Vance is the 20th named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season. The last time 20 or more named storms formed in that basin was 1992, when the entire list of 24 names was used, ending with Tropical Storm Zeke.
Zeke is also the "Z" storm on this year's list. Eastern Pacific names rotate every six years unless retired, except for names starting with X, Y, and Z. Those are rarely used, and thus just two names are on the list for each of those letters, one male and one female, alternating every other year.
Vance became a Category 1 hurricane Sunday morning, making it the 14th hurricane of 2014 within the Eastern Pacific basin. (Genevieve, which started in the Eastern Pacific, became a hurricane in the Central Pacific basin -- if one counts Genevieve, there have been 15 hurricanes with Eastern Pacific origins this year.)