Hurricane Agatha 2022

The National Hurricane Center warned of "extremely dangerous" coastal flooding from storm surge and "life-threatening" hurricane-force winds in the state Oaxaca ...

"There is a lot of rain and sudden gusts of strong wind," said Silvia Ranfagni, the manager of Zipolite's Casa Kalmar hotel. "The ocean is really stirred up, and it's raining a lot," said Ranfagni, who has decided to ride out Agatha at the property. Near Puerto Angel, gusts of wind, heavy rain and big waves began lashing the beach town of Zipolite, long known for its clothing-optional beach and bohemian vibe, on Sunday night. "Since the African monsoon typically does not start producing tropical waves until early- or mid-May, there simply aren't enough initial disturbances to get many eastern Pacific hurricanes in May," Masters wrote in an email. Weakening after it made landfall, Agatha was located about 65 miles north-northeast of Puerto Angel, Mexico, and had maximum sustained winds of about 70 mph as of 11 p.m. ET Monday. It was moving northeast at 8 mph, according to NHC. Hurricane Agatha made landfall at 4 p.m. CT Monday just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. This is the earliest a Category 2 storm has made landfall along Mexico's Pacific Coast.

Hurricane Agatha made landfall in southern Mexico Monday afternoon, just west of Puerto Angel, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The hurricane center warns storm surge is expected to continue producing extremely dangerous coastal flooding in areas near and to the east of where the center of Agatha made landfall. The heaviest rain is expected in Oaxaca, with 10 to 16 inches forecast and isolated areas possibly receiving up to 20 inches. "The heaviest rain is forecast across the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where 10 to 16 inches are expected but isolated totals up to 20 inches is possible," the hurricane center said.

Agatha, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific, swept ashore in southern Mexico on Monday as a Category 2 storm.

A hurricane warning was in effect between the port of Salina Cruz and the Lagunas de Chacahua. "Since the African monsoon typically does not start producing tropical waves until early- or mid-May, there simply aren't enough initial disturbances to get many eastern Pacific hurricanes in May," Masters wrote in an email. "The ocean is really stirred up, and it's raining a lot," said Ranfagni, who has decided to ride out Agatha at the property. "There is a lot of rain and sudden gusts of strong wind," said Silvia Ranfagni, the manager of Zipolite's Casa Kalmar hotel. Agatha, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific, swept ashore on a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns in southern Mexico on Monday. - Agatha, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific, swept ashore on a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns in southern Mexico on Monday.

Hurricane Agatha, the first of the eastern Pacific season, headed for a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns on Mexico's southern coast Monday amid ...

Early Monday, Agatha had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph) — just 1 mph under the threshold for a Category 3, the hurricane center said. A hurricane warning was in effect between the port of Salina Cruz and the Lagunas de Chacahua. They also closed local schools and began setting up emergency storm shelters.

It's forecast to make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane and bring "life-threatening" winds and flooding to Mexico today..

Of note: Agatha was the strongest hurricane on record to strike land in the eastern Pacific during the month of May, according to the National Hurricane Center. - "Heavy rains associated with Agatha will continue over portions of southern Mexico through Tuesday. This will pose a threat of life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides," the NHC said. Hurricane Agatha — the first 2022 hurricane in either the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific — came ashore in southern Mexico on Monday as a high-end Category 2 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center forecasts that Hurricane Agatha will make landfall in Oaxaca, Mexico, this afternoon or evening, likely as a Category 2 storm.

Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Agatha will produce heavy rains over portions of southern Mexico by Sunday into Tuesday night. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that Hurricane Agatha will make landfall in Oaxaca, Mexico, this afternoon or evening, likely as a Category 2 storm.

The National Hurricane Center warned of "extremely dangerous" coastal flooding from storm surge and "life-threatening" hurricane-force winds in the state Oaxaca ...

"There is a lot of rain and sudden gusts of strong wind," said Silvia Ranfagni, the manager of Zipolite's Casa Kalmar hotel. "The ocean is really stirred up, and it's raining a lot," said Ranfagni, who has decided to ride out Agatha at the property. Near Puerto Angel, gusts of wind, heavy rain and big waves began lashing the beach town of Zipolite, long known for its clothing-optional beach and bohemian vibe, on Sunday night. "Since the African monsoon typically does not start producing tropical waves until early- or mid-May, there simply aren't enough initial disturbances to get many eastern Pacific hurricanes in May," Masters wrote in an email. Weakening after it made landfall, Agatha was located about 65 miles north-northeast of Puerto Angel, Mexico, and had maximum sustained winds of about 70 mph as of 11 p.m. ET Monday. It was moving northeast at 8 mph, according to NHC. Hurricane Agatha made landfall at 4 p.m. CT Monday just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. This is the earliest a Category 2 storm has made landfall along Mexico's Pacific Coast.

The remnants of a Pacific, category 2 hurricane that hit Mexico Monday, has higher odds of reforming into the first tropical storm in the Atlantic this ...

Hurricane Agatha, which started in the Pacific, has already made history as the strongest May hurricane to ever come ashore.

The year’s first Atlantic tropical storm will be called Alex. An ongoing La Niña and above-average Atlantic temperatures are cited as the reasons. They’re not, however, expecting this to become a major storm, as upper-level winds over the Gulf of Mexico are expected to limit its intensity.

After making landfall Monday afternoon as a Category 2 hurricane just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico, Agatha rapidly weakened and is now just a remnant ...

"The biggest concern is if we do get a circulation center to form, it will likely be very close or above the loop current in the southern Gulf ... This is where the deepest, warmest water exists right now," Myers says. It will take some more time, and later model runs to generate a potential track and size." Right over the southern Gulf of Mexico. The inconsistency between these two models is not surprising. "This potential storm does not yet have a location on the map, and, at this point, the models are just guessing where it might form. The NHC believes there is a 30% chance this gyre and the remnants of Agatha will spawn a tropical depression over the next two days and an even higher chance, 70%, of it developing over the next 5 days.

Agatha is dissipating but its remnants are forecast to be drawn into a system that could bring heavy rain and gusty winds to Florida.

It’s not out of the question that coastal areas of the Southeast are clipped by the system as it exits late in the weekend or early next week. The European model hints that a circulation will tighten in the late Thursday or Friday time frame and become a tropical storm near Florida by the weekend. It will take at least another day or two for forecasts of the system’s strength to become clearer. If Agatha’s quickly withering central vortex were to somehow remain intact with a discernible circulation and that vortex became the anchor point of a new storm in the Atlantic, “Agatha” would remain. Usually, it happens as westward-drifting storms in the Caribbean trek west over the thin spine of Central America. Hurricane Otto, for example, made landfall on the Atlantic side of Costa Rica on Nov. 24, 2016, as a Category 3 storm. Hurricane Agatha crashed into the Pacific coast of southern Mexico on Monday, unleashing winds up to 105 mph.