Hurricane Kenneth
Tropical Storm Kenneth is dissipating and poses no threat to Baja or any other land mass. No further updates will be posted to this page until historical data is available
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Eastern Pacific Storm Floater Satellite - Kenneth
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Eastern Pacific Storm Floater IR Satellite - Kenneth
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AT 8AM MST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
KENNETH TURNS WESTWARD...FORECAST TO WEAKEN...
Thursday, November 24, 2011 10:54 AM MST Tropical Storm Kenneth is moving over cooler waters and should dissipate within the next 72hrs. Tropical Storm is about 1000miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas and should have no effect on Baja weather.
Tropical Storm Kenneth is currently located near 13.5N 121.5W and is moving 280° at 09kts. Central barometric pressure is estimated at 996Mb and winds are 50kts with gusts to 60kts, making Kenneth a strong tropical storm Tropical storm force winds extend out as much as 30 miles and 12ft seas extend out as much as 180 miles.
Tropical Storm Kenneth will move over increasingly cooler waters over the next 36hrs. The system will cross the all-important 26°C thermo cline sometime today abd beginto dissipate quickly. No landfall is predicted for this system.
Kenneth may begin to provide some moderate period surf on south facing beaches for surfers beginning tomorrow.
Kenneth is the 11th named storm of 2011and now the strongest late season hurricane in the last 60 years. Normally the Eastern Pacific spawns about 16 named storms per year. Over the last 5 years however only 13.2 storms have formed on an average. This being the 6th Major Storm of 2011 puts this season in the record books along with 1998 and 1997. 1998 has three Category 3 storms and three Category 4 storms. 1997 had one Category 3 storm, three Category 4 storms and a rare Category 5 storm, Hurricane Guillermo. Most of the Eastern Pacific's Major Hurricanes move west into the Pacific without making landfall. The Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season ends on November 30, but mother nature knows no bounds.
