🌀 Pamela · Category 1 · 75 mph

Sunday, October 10, 2021 · 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Hurricane Pamela was a Category 1 Pacific hurricane that caused significant damage across several northwestern and western states of Mexico in October 2021. The sixteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season, the storm originated from a tropical wave over the Atlantic basin, over the Caribbean Sea. It then quickly crossed into the Pacific Ocean, where it slowly consolidated, with a low-pressure area forming from the wave on October 9. Environmental conditions in the area were proved favorable for tropical cyclogenesis and developed into Tropical Depression Sixteen-E on the next day. It then organized further into Tropical Storm Pamela on that night. Despite wind shear and dry air affecting the cyclone, Pamela continued to strengthen and became a hurricane on October 12 before weakening back to a tropical storm as it continued to succumb onto these factors. However, as the system turned towards the coast of Mexico, Pamela restrengthened to a low-end hurricane before making landfall over Estacion Dimas, Sinaloa on 15:00 UTC on October 13 before rapidly weakening inland. It then dissipated over Coahuila on the early hours on the next day. Category 1 hurricane: peak winds of 75 mph (65 knots), lowest pressure 987 mb. October 10 – October 13, 2021. Landfall: October 13 at 75 mph, 23.7°N 106.7°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 4.2. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track EP162021 (public domain).

🌀 Pamela · Category 1 · 75 mph