August 6, 2022 - Tropical Storm Gorgette

Gorgette
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On July 27, 2022, the eighth named storm of the Eastern Pacific
Hurricane Season formed about 555 miles (895 km) southwest of the
southern tip of Baja California. The system was named Georgette that
evening as maximum sustained winds reached 45 mph (75 km/h).

Tropical Storm Georgette stayed away from land, moving generally
westward over open waters. Maximum sustained winds peaked at 50 mph
(80.5 km/h) by early on July 28 and retained that windspeed through
July 31. After that time, Georgette began to battle increasing vertical
windshear, causing the storm to weaken and turn towards the north. Late
on July 31, maximum sustained winds dropped to 35 mph (56.3 km/h) and
stayed at that strength through the morning of August 3.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued the last advisory on
Georgette at 2100 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT) on August 3. At that time,
Georgette had degenerated into a remnant low, with maximum sustained
winds of only 30 mph (45 km/h). It was located about 1,310 miles (2,110
km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and was
moving nearly due north at 8 mph (13 km/h).

On August 3, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of Georgette
close to the time the storm weakened to a remnant low and took a turn
westward. At the time the image was acquired, Georgette retained weak
convection around a cloud-filled center but had become elongated and
asymmetric.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 8/3/2022
Resolutions: 1km (1.6 MB), 500m (4.6 MB), 250m (3.3 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-08-06

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