August 20 marked the beginning of what is typically the most active portion of the Atlantic hurricane season, and NOAA satellites are closely monitori
In the eastern Pacific, there also tends to be a peak in activity during late August, but it’sthan in the Atlantic. Here, relatively high levels of activity tend to be spread out over a longer portion of the season than in the Atlantic, with most tropical cyclones occurring between late June and early October.
As Hilary moved north-northwestward, it began to weaken and made landfall as a tropical storm in San Quintín, Baja California on August 20. It later crossed into California near Palm Springs, bringing torrential rainfall, flooding, and mudslides. Up to 10.5 inches of rain fell in Southern California, including around 2 to 3 inches in Los Angeles and San Diego, which set summer records.
Numerous storms have also been forming over the Atlantic Ocean. Within the span of 18 hours, three tropical storms formed—Emily, Franklin, and Gert. Tropical Storm Emily formed on August 20, 100 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, and transitioned into a post-tropical cyclone on August 21. The same day that Tropical Storm Gert formed about 485 miles east of the Leeward Islands.
By August 22, another tropical storm, Harold, formed in the western Gulf of Mexico, making it the fourth Atlantic named storm to form within 39 hours. According to Meteorologist Philip Klotzbach, this is thefor four Atlantic named storms to form, breaking an old record of 48 hours that was set in 1893 and matched in 1980. However, he noted that the observational network was much less robust in 1893, so there is some degree of uncertainty with the reported timing that year.
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