Trending News|August 22, 2014 08:52 EDT
Hurricane Lowell Latest News, Predicted Path: Large Eye Located, May Draw Tropical Storm Katrina, Cause Desert Rainfall
The National Hurricane Center has updated the projected path of the latest tropical storm of this season, Hurricane Lowell 2014. However, the National Hurricane Center did not issue any warnings or watches. The latest update said that the storm is currently far off shore and passing by the tip of Mexico.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Lowell 2014, is the seventh hurricane of the eastern North Pacific season. As of Thursday morning, it is located 810 miles West of the southern tip of Baja California. The hurricane is said to be carrying 75 mph maximum sustained winds and moving Northwest at 3 mph, as of Aug. 21, 2014.
The National Hurricane Center update regarding Hurricane Lowell 2014 said that "there are no coastal watches or waning in effect." However, the "large eye of Hurricane Lowell was located ... moving slowly toward the Northwest near 3 mph... a Northwestward motion at a faster forward speed is expected during the next 48 hours" at around at 8 a.m. PDT.
The update also said that the winds will increase "with [its] highest gusts," and there will be "little change in intensity" and "a slower weakening is expected to begin tonight and continue through Saturday." Officials said that hurricane force winds are moving outward "up to 60 miles from the center."
A report by Wundergound reads, "Lowell formed as Tropical Depression Twelve-E Sunday evening and was upgraded to the season's 12th named storm in the Eastern Pacific basin Monday evening."
Additionally, the report mentioned that as Lowell continued to move northwestward, it was moving very slowly. That direction of motion will continue with a minor increase in forward speed over the next few days. Lowell's track will be roughly parallel to the coast of Mexico, but well offshore.
Meanwhile, The Weather Channel hurricane specialist, Michael Lowry said "Lowell's circulation is, by some measures, 800-900 miles across, almost a third of the width of the contiguous U.S. This large circulation may eventually draw Tropical Storm Karina, now nearly 1,000 miles to its west, toward it and northward, with the two systems possibly even pinwheeling around each other (something called the Fujiwhara effect)."