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Hurricane Lane  Eastern Pacific 2006


Information on Hurricane Lane

09/07/06 - All watches and Warning shave been canceled for Hurricane Lane which is now dissipating over central Mexico. No further updates will be posted to this page until historical data is available.
 

12PM MDT 09/16/06 Preliminary data indicates that Hurricane Lane came ashore north of Mazatlan as a Category 3 Hurricane at 1:15 this afternoon. The storm's 3PM MDT reported position was  24.4N 107.2W and is moving 350°at 09kts. The current central barometric pressure is estimated at 957Mb and winds are 105kts with gusts to 130kts. Lane should begin to diminish quickly now that it is over land.

Weather conditions in Cabo are partly to mostly cloudy with light winds and the threat of occasional rain. In La Paz it is partly sunny and cooler. Winds are light under 10kts.

Hurricane Lane is being shadowed by a smaller system, Tropical Storm Miriam which formed in the morning hours of 09/16 and is projected to move NE toward Baja Sur. TS Miriam is expected to move slowly NE then turn NW and move out into colder waters.

TD13E formed very near the location that spawn Hurricane John. The storm has tracked along the coast and is forecast to move northward into the Sea of Cortez. TD13E was upgraded to Tropical Storm Lane at 12AM MDT 09/14 some 647 miles ESE of Cabo San Lucas, Lane became a Category 1 Hurricane on 09/15 in the 3PM release from the NHC when the storm was about 280 miles SE of Cabo San Lucas. At 5PM on the 15th Lane strengthened quickly to Category 2. On the morning of 09/16 the storm strengthened to a category 3 storm as it neared landfall on the mainland Mexico side. At 1:15PM MDT on 09/16 Lane made landfall as a Category 3 Hurricane just north of Mazatlan.

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Storm Track /  SST °C

Storm Track

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Information on Hurricane Lane automatically updated from the NHC
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Type Category Pressure (mb) Winds
(knots)
Winds
(mph)
Surge (ft)
Depression TD ----- < 34 < 39  
Tropical Storm TS ----- 34-63 39-73  
Hurricane 1 > 980 64-82 74-95 4-5
Hurricane 2 965-980 83-95 96-110 6-8
Hurricane 3 945-965 96-113 111-130 9-12
Hurricane 4 920-945 114-135 131-155 13-18
Hurricane 5 < 920 >135 >155 >18

Aletta • Bud • Carlotta • Daniel • Emilia • Fabio • Gilma • Hector • Ileana • John • Kristy • Lane • Miriam • Norman • Olivia



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