Tropical Storm Ramon formed south of Mexico on Wednesday morning.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Ramon was located at latitude 14.9\u00b0N and longitude 96.5\u00b0W which put it about 55 miles (90 km) south of Puerto Angel, Mexico.\u00a0 Ramon was moving toward the west-northwest at 7 m.p.h. (11 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 45 m.p.h. (75 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 60 m.p.h. (95 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1002 mb.<\/p>\n
The government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Watch that is in effect for the portion of the coast from Puerto Angel to Acapulco.<\/p>\n
The circulation of Tropical Storm Ramon is not well organized.\u00a0 The distribution of thunderstorms is asymmetrical.\u00a0 Most of the showers and thunderstorms are occurring in the western half of the circulation.\u00a0 A large upper level ridge centered over the Western Gulf of Mexico is producing easterly winds which are blowing toward the top of the circulation.\u00a0 Those winds are generating significant vertical wind shear and the shear is probably the reason for the asymmetrical distribution of thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
Tropical Storm Ramon will move through an environment that will be mostly unfavorable for intensification.\u00a0 Ramon will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 30\u00b0C.\u00a0 So, there is enough energy in the upper ocean to support intensification.\u00a0 However, the upper level ridge will continue to cause significant vertical wind shear, which will inhibit strengthening.\u00a0 In addition Tropical Storm Ramon will move close to the coast of Mexico and interaction with land will further inhibit intensification.\u00a0 If Tropical Storm Ramon survives the strong shear until it moves farther away from Mexico, then it might strengthen.\u00a0 If Ramon moves closer to the coast or inland, then it is likely to weaken quickly.<\/p>\n
Tropical Storm Ramon is moving south of a ridge which is steering it toward the west-northwest and that motion is expected to continue for the next day or two.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, the center of Tropical Storm Ramon could pass very close to the coast of Mexico, which is why the Tropical Storm Watch was issued.\u00a0 Even if the center of Ramon remains south of the coast, the northern part of the circulation could produce locally heavy rain and the potential for flash floods exists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tropical Storm Ramon formed south of Mexico on Wednesday morning.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Ramon was located at latitude 14.9\u00b0N and longitude 96.5\u00b0W which put it about 55 miles (90 km) south of Puerto Angel, Mexico.\u00a0 Ramon was moving toward the west-northwest at 7 m.p.h. (11 km\/h).\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[679,202,39,248,24,834],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4926,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions\/4926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}