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Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Formed | October 23, 1979 |
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Dissipated | October 30, 1979 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 145 mph (230 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 938 mbar (hPa); 27.7 inHg |
Fatalities | 0 |
Damage | Minimal |
Areas affected | Western Mexico |
Part of the 1979 Pacific hurricane season |
Hurricane Ignacio was a powerful Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in extreme western Mexico. It was the ninth named storm and final hurricane and major hurricane of the extremely quiet 1979 Pacific hurricane season. Ignacio had a low pressure of 938 mbar (938 hPa), making it the most powerful hurricane of the season. On October 23, a disturbance strengthened into a depression. The system continued to strengthen before becoming a tropical storm hours later, giving it the name Ignacio. It became a hurricane on October 26 before gaining major hurricane strength the following day and reached Category 4 status. However, it weakened significantly and made landfall in west Mexico.
Meteorological history[edit]
On October 22, a well-organized area of low pressure formed a few hundred miles of the coast of Guatemala. The next day, the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center upgraded the low into a depression. The system would strengthen into a tropical storm hours prior to formation. The system strengthen into a tropical storm, which was named Ignacio. On October 25, Tropical Storm Ignacio strengthened into a minimal hurricane on October 26. It quickly intensified, becoming a major hurricane a few hours later. On October 27, Ignacio reached its peak intensity with winds of up to 145 mph (130 km/h). On October 28, however, the storm began to weaken, and was downgraded into a Category 1 hurricane. On October 29, it weakened into a tropical storm. The system weakened to a depression on October 30. Ignacio made landfall on the coast of western Mexico as a tropical depression. The storm dissipated hours later after landfall.[1] [2]
Impact[edit]
As the storm made landfall, no damage or deaths were reported.[1]
See also[edit]
- Hurricane Jova (2011)-Another hurricane that made landfall near the same area
- 1979 Pacific hurricane season
Reference[edit]
- ^ a b Gunther, Emil (1980). "Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1979". Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ National Hurricane Center; Hurricane Research Division; Central Pacific Hurricane Center (April 4, 2023). "The Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database 1949–2022". United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. A guide on how to read the database is available here. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.