The Atlantic's Hurricane Grace Could Redevelop In The Pacific Next Week [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Dennis Mersereau Contributor
Science

Hurricane Grace made landfall in central Mexico early Saturday morning as this season’s first major hurricane. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 125 mph when it struck the densely populated state of Veracruz. The storm will quickly weaken as swirls over the mountains of central Mexico. Its remnants will then move over the Pacific Ocean, where they’ll likely redevelop into a new storm.

The Atlantic basin and the Pacific basin each experience distinct hurricane seasons. Each basin has its own start date—May 15 for the Pacific, June 1 for the Atlantic—its own steering currents, its own characteristics, and even its own set of names. But every once and a while, the two basins will swap storms with one another.

The National Hurricane Center gives Grace’s remnants a high chance of developing into a new tropical cyclone once it crosses Mexico and emerges over the Pacific Ocean early next week.

If the remnants of Grace develop into a tropical storm over the Pacific, its new name would be either Marty or Nora, depending on whether it forms before or after another tropical disturbance in the region.

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