This visible image of the remnants of Hurricane Barbara was captured at 1432 UTC (10:32 a.m. EDT) by NOAA’s GOES-14 satellite on May 31, 2013. In the image, scattered showers were occurring over the Bay of Campeche. At the time of the image the coastal city of Coatzacolalcos reported light rain.

Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project

NASA Satellites See Hurricane Barbara Come Ashore and Fizzle

Hurricane Barbara recently made landfall along the southern Pacific coast of Mexico and NASA’s TRMM and Suomi NPP satellites captured rainfall rates within the storm, and a night-time image of landfall. NOAA’s GOES satellites provided images that were made into an animation showing the landfall and movement across Mexico into the Bay of Campeche on May 31.

According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the center of Hurricane Barbara came ashore around 19:50 UTC (12:50 p.m. PDT) on Wednesday, May 29 about 35 km (~20 miles) west of Tonala, Mexico. At landfall, Barbara was a minimal Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

For the full storm history of Hurricane Barbara, visit NASA’s Hurricane page at: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2013/h2013...

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