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   June 25, 2022 - Tropical Storm Celia Struggles to Strengthen   
      
      Tropical Storm Celia   
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      After more than a week of struggling to gain strength over the eastern   
      Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm Celia continued to fight for   
      intensification on June 23, 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a   
      true-color image of Cecelia on that same day. At that time, the storm   
      showed ragged circulation spiraling into a cloud-filled center as it   
      spun west of the Mexican coast.   
      
      At 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on June 23, the National Hurricane Center   
      (NHC) advised that Tropical Storm Celia was located about 235 mi (380   
      km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico and about 380 miles (615 km)   
      east-southeast of Socorro Island. It was sporting maximum sustained   
      winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and was traveling northwestward at 13 mph (20   
      km/h).   
      
      The NHC advisory stated “Celia is a bit of a conundrum.” And explained   
      that, “The strong east-northeasterly shear which was affecting the   
      system over the past couple of days has lessened and turned out of the   
      north, but the cyclone may have ingested so much dry air during that   
      time that it's now struggling to produce much convection near its   
      center. That said, new convection has recently been developing just to   
      the east of the center…The big question for intensity is whether the   
      dry air near the core can be mixed out and allow deep convection to   
      organize near the center.” Despite the conundrum, Celia was expected to   
      intensify to hurricane strength over the next several days.   
      
      The storm was able to muster some strength by 11:00 p.m. EDT on June 24   
      (0300 UTC June 25) when wind speeds were reported at 65 mph (100 km/h).   
      At that time, the NHC located Tropical Storm Celia at 310 miles (500   
      km) southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico and about 115 mi (185 km)   
      southeast of Socorro Island. It continued to move south-southwest.   
      Celia appears to continue to be a conundrum, as models differ on the   
      storm’s ability to reach hurricane strength. A compromise of the   
      possibilities indicates that Tropical Storm Celia is likely to   
      strengthen only slightly over the next 12-24 hours and then gradually   
      begin to weaken. It is expected that the storm will also begin to track   
      westward, taking it further away from land.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 6/23/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (1.7 MB),  500m (4.8 MB),  250m (3.2 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-25   
       
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