🌀 Bonnie · Category 3 · 115 mph

Monday, June 27, 2022 · 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Hurricane Bonnie was a strong tropical cyclone that survived a crossover from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, the first to do so since Hurricane Otto in 2016. The second named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, it originated from a strong tropical wave that moved off the west coast of Africa on June 23. Moving with little development despite favorable conditions, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) started advisories on it as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two late on June 27, due to its imminent threat to land. The disturbance finally organized into Tropical Storm Bonnie at 13:15 UTC on July 1, and made brief landfalls on the Costa Rica–Nicaragua border with winds of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). It later became the fourth named storm, third hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season after crossing Nicaragua and Costa Rica from east to west on July 2 and intensifying to a Category 3 hurricane on July 5. Bonnie rapidly weakened, dissipating over the North Pacific. Category 3 hurricane: peak winds of 115 mph (100 knots), lowest pressure 964 mb. June 27 – July 11, 2022. Landfall: July 2 at 60 mph, 11.0°N 83.8°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 16.4. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track EP042022 (public domain).

🌀 Bonnie · Category 3 · 115 mph