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   July 20, 2022 - Hurricane Estelle   
      
      Hurricane Estelle   
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      On July 18, 2022, the sixth named storm and the fifth hurricane of the   
      Pacific Hurricane Season was spinning off the coast of Mexico. The   
      Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s   
      Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Hurricane Estelle on   
      that afternoon. At that time, the slightly asymmetric storm sported a   
      cloud-filled eye and convective bands northeast of the center were   
      bringing rain to Mexico’s Socorro Island. Near the same time, Hurricane   
      Estelle was carrying maximum sustained winds of about 80 mph (129   
      km/h), placing it as a Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane   
      Wind Scale. That was just 5 mph (8 km/h) down from storm’s peak of 85   
      mph (137 km/h) reached on the afternoon of July 17.   
      
      On July 15, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued the first   
      advisory on the system, which was then a tropical depression sitting   
      about 345 miles (555 km) south of Acapulco, Mexico. Later that same day   
      the storm strengthened and was named Tropical Storm Estelle when   
      maximum sustained winds reached 40 mph (65 km/h). On the evening of   
      July 16, maximum sustained winds picked up to measure 80 mph (129   
      km/h), earning hurricane status for Estelle. Although expected to   
      intensify rapidly, Estelle began to encounter wind shear. It was able   
      to reach peak strength on July 17 but struggled to maintain strength   
      through the next day. By the morning of July 19, Estelle had once again   
      become a tropical storm.   
      
      At 11:00 p.m. EDT July 19 (0300 UTC on July 20), the NHC advised that   
      Tropical Storm Estelle was located at 20.2 N and 118.0 W, or about 550   
      miles (890 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California,   
      Mexico and was moving west northwest at 14 mph (22 km/h). Estelle was   
      maintaining maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h).   
      
      Tropical Storm Estelle is expected to gradually weaken until it becomes   
      a post-tropical remnant low, likely on July 21. It is posing no threat   
      to land.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 7/18/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (2.5 MB),  500m (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=2022-07-20   
       
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