Tropical Storm Manuel has made landfall and is bringing extremely heavy rainfall to the Mexican Riviera.
Manuel formed Friday afternoon and steadily moved northwestward, approaching Mexico's Pacific coast at an oblique angle.
Projected Path
This is one case where the track of the center of circulation may not be as important as other tropical cyclones.
As you can see in the infrared satellite below, a large area of thunderstorms lies around this large gyre in which Manuel's circulation resides.
These thunderstorms, combined with Manuel's slow movement and the effect of onshore winds blowing into the steep terrain, are making extremely heavy rain the main threat from this system.
Storm total rainfall will range from 10 to 20 inches in the Mexican states of Michoacan and Guerrero. The latter state includes Acapulco, where 13.83 inches of rain fell in the 63-hour period ending at 10 a.m. CDT Sunday. Severe flooding has resulted.
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/tropical-depression-thirteen-tropical-storm-hurricane-manuel-20130913
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