AT 03PM MDT FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...

DORA DEGENERATES INTO A REMNANT LOW...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY...

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December 19, 2011 10:09 PM Once powerful tropical cyclone Dora is now just a remanent Low drifting to the NNW. Dora provided little 'weather' to the Baja peninsula, scattered showers were all that was reported and most of those came from moisture drawn west from the mainland.

At 3PM MDT Tropical Storm Dora is currently located near 23.9N 114.5Wand is moving 325° at 07kts. Central barometric pressure is estimated at 1001Mb and winds are 25kts with gusts to 35kts. The remanent Low of Dora is expected to drift to the NE of the central sections of the peninsula

Dora was one of the most powerful hurricanes generated in the last 60 years in the Eastern Pacific, but it is not expected to make landfall.

Since 1981 there have been just 5 storms in the Eastern Pacific more powerful than the almost Category 5 intensity achieved by Hurricane Dora on 7/21/11

Here in La Paz this morning, about 250 miles from the storm, we are enjoying mostly sunny skies at sunrise. The humidity hs risen and overnight lows were moderated.

Dora was once a very powerful storm, likely one of the top 10 most powerful storms generated in the Eastern Pacific in the last 60 years, so the forecast path of Dora should not be taken lightly. There have only been 4 Category 5 Hurricanes in our basin in the last 35 years.

The earliest tropical storm to make landfall in Baja occurred on July 8 and the earliest landfall of a hurricane on August 15.

Dora's History

Tropical Depression 4E formed off the coast of Guatemala on the morning of July 18, 2011 and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dora mid day. Dora became a Category 1 Hurricane on the evening of July 19 and the fourth consecutive hurricane of 2011. Hurricane Dora skipped Category 2 status and was upgraded to Major Hurricane Status at Category 3 on the afternoon of July 20, 2011

Hurricane Dora strengthened rapidly on the afternoon of 7/20 and became a Category 4 Hurricane in the 6PM MDT interim release. Sometime that evening Dora became the 6th most powerful tropical cyclone in the Eastern Pacific in the past 35 years

on 7/21 Dora moved over cooler waters, into drier air and began to lose steam. Dora was reduced to a Category 2 Hurricane on the evening of 7/21.

Dora was reduced to a Category 1 Hurricane on the morning of 7/22.

Dora was downgraded to Tropical Storm status on the afternoon of 7/22. Dora became a tropical depression on the morning of 7/23 and downgraded to a Low on the same afternoon.

There will be no further updates to this page until historical data is available.

Computer Models for Dora
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