&sq=&lang=&file=File:Elida_1996-09-03_2130Z.png) Tropical Storm Elida off the Baja California Peninsula on September 3. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 30, 1996 |
| Dissipated | September 6, 1996 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 65 mph (100 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 994 mbar (hPa); 29.35 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Damage | Minimal |
| Areas affected | Mexico, Baja California |
Part of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season | |
Tropical Storm Elida was a strong tropical storm that killed 6 people offshore Mexico and affected over 1,000 others. The ninth tropical cyclone of the below-average 1996 Pacific hurricane season, Elida's origins was a tropical wave that organized into Tropical Depression Eight-E on August 30. The cyclone paralleled the coast of Mexico and also gradually decelerated. Despite some wind shear, Eight-E strengthened into a tropical storm on September 2 and was named Elida. On September 3 and 4, Elida came close to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula at its peak intensity of 994 mbar (29.4 inHg) and winds of 65 mph (105 km/h). The cyclone then drifted into cooler waters, was devoid of deep convection on September 5, and dissipated the next day.[1]
The storm was forecast slightly better than the long term averages for the eastern North Pacific.[1] Elida posed enough of a threat to the Baja California Peninsula to require a tropical storm warning for the Baja California Peninsula south of Cabo San Lázaro on September 3. The warning was lifted on September 5 after the threat ended.[1] Moderate to heavy rains fell in association with the tropical cyclone across southwest Mexico and the Baja California peninsula, with the maxima falling at San Marcos/Compostela in southwest mainland Mexico, which measured 6.60 in (168 mm), and a maximum for Baja California of 3.88 in (99 mm) at La Poza Honda/Comondu.[1] While passing offshore, the tropical storm killed six people and affected 1,200 others,[2] but the damages were minimal.[3]
- ^ a b c d Rappaport, Edward (July 11, 1996). "Tropical Storm Elida Preliminary Report" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
- ^ "Hurricane Marty". www.emdat.be/. Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ Climate Monitor. Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia. 1997.