Jump to content

Tropical Storm Sara

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tropical Storm Sara
Tropical Storm Sara approaching Belize late on November 15, 2024
Meteorological history
FormedNovember 14, 2024
Tropical storm
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds50 mph (85 km/h)
Lowest pressure997 mbar (hPa); 29.44 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities2
DamageUnknown
Areas affectedDominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Belize
Part of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season

Tropical Storm Sara is an active tropical cyclone currently stalled near the coast of Honduras. The eighteenth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Sara developed from a disturbance over the central Caribbean Sea. It consolidated into a tropical depression early on November 14, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Sara later that same day. The next day, the storm grazed and moved parallel to the northern coast of Honduras.

Meteorological history

[edit]
Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

On November 11, an area of low-pressure associated with a tropical wave formed south of Hispaniola over the central Caribbean Sea.[1] The system moved generally westward toward Central America into the next day, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted the high possibility of further organization due to favorable environmental conditions.[2] Though its low-level circulation remained broad and elongated on the afternoon of November 13, the disturbance was deemed likely by the NHC to soon be bringing tropical storm or hurricane conditions to parts of Central America, and so was designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen.[3][4] Early during the morning of November 14, the system completed tropical cyclogenesis about 280 mi (450 km) east of Guanaja, Honduras, and was upgraded to Tropical Depression Nineteen.[5] That afternoon, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Sara.[6] On the evening of November 14, data from an Air Force Hurricane Hunter pass over Sara's the northern semicircle indicated that the storm had moved just inland or very near the northeastern coast of Honduras,[7] striking about 105 mi (165 km) west-northwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios.[8] The following morning, Sara continued to parallel the northern coast of Honduras, its center possibly reforming just offshore, between the Bay Islands and the country's mainland.[9]

Preparations and impact

[edit]

Dominican Republic

[edit]

The nascent disturbance caused flooding in the Dominican Republic, resulting in the evacuation of 1,767 people, isolating 54 communities, destroying two homes and damaging 487 more. Two fishermen were left missing and were later found dead near Sabana de la Mar.[10]

Central America

[edit]

On November 13, the governments of Honduras and Nicaragua issued hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings for the northeastern coast of Honduras from Punta Castilla to the Honduras–Nicaragua border and the northeastern coast of Nicaragua from the Honduras–Nicaragua border to Puerto Cabezas, respectively.[11] Also, in Honduras, both Golosón and Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airports were closed.[12]

Much of Guatemala's Caribbean coast was placed under a tropical storm warning on November 15; the coast of Belize was as well.[8][13]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Reinhart, Brad (November 11, 2024). Tropical Weather Outlook (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  2. ^ Kelly, Larry (November 13, 2024). Tropical Weather Outlook (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Kelly, Larry (November 13, 2024). Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen Discussion Number 1 (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Yablonski, Steven. "Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 forms, forecast to become Tropical Storm Sara and possibly impact Florida". FOX Weather. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  5. ^ Suter, Ashley (November 14, 2024). "Tropical Depression Nineteen forms in the Caribbean; expected to become tropical storm today". Tampa Bay, Florida: WFLA. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Czachor, Emily Mae (November 14, 2024). "Tropical Storm Sara forms in the Caribbean". CBS News. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  7. ^ Reinhart, Brad (November 14, 2024). Tropical Storm Sara Discussion Number 6 (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Castillo, Moisés (November 15, 2024). "Belize issues warnings as Tropical Storm Sara scrapes along Honduran coast, bringing heavy rain". AP News. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  9. ^ Papin, Philippe (November 15, 2024). Tropical Storm Sara Discussion Number 8 (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  10. ^ "Lluvias dejan más de 50 comunidades incomunicadas" [Rains leave more than 50 communities isolated]. El Día (in Spanish). November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  11. ^ Kelly, Larry (November 13, 2024). Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen Advisory Number 1 (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  12. ^ "Cierran dos aeropuertos por fuertes lluvias: ¿Cuáles están operando?". El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  13. ^ Bridges, C. A. "National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Sara, will Florida be affected?". The Destin Log. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropical_Storm_Sara&oldid=1257698495"