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Tropical Storm Nestor

Tropical storm (SSHWS/NWS)
Tropical Storm Nestor in the Gulf of Mexico on October 18
Formed	October 18, 2019
Dissipated	October 23, 2019
(Extratropical after October 19)
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 60 mph (95 km/h)
Lowest pressure	996 mbar (hPa); 29.41 inHg
Fatalities	3 indirect
Damage	$150 million (2019 USD)
Areas affected	Central America, Mexico, Southeastern United States
Part of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season

Tropical Storm Nestor was a short-lived and asymmetric tropical cyclone which caused moderate damage in the Southeastern United States during October 2019. The fourteenth named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Nestor developed from a broad area of low pressure which formed over the western Caribbean Sea on October 13. The low moved west-northwestward over Central America over the next couple of days, emerging over the Bay of Campeche on October 16. Gradual organization occurred thereafter as the system moved northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico, and it developed into Tropical Storm Nestor on October 18, simultaneously reaching its peak intensity with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Afterward, the cyclone quickly lost its tropical characteristics and became a post-tropical cyclone before making landfall on St. Vincent Island, Florida. The post-tropical cyclone continued northeastward up the East Coast of the United States, eventually dissipating over the western North Atlantic on October 23.

Meteorological history

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

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

Late on October 10, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began to forecast the formation of a broad area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea. Three days later, a broad area of low pressure, accompanied by disorganized showers and thunderstorms, formed over the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The disturbance moved west-northwestward over Central America, and further organization was limited during that time due to interaction with the mountainous terrain. However, after the system emerged over the Bay of Campeche on October 16, shower and thunderstorm activity began to show signs of organization as it moved northward and then northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico. By October 17, the circulation associated with the tropical disturbance continued to become better defined, and due to the threat of tropical storm conditions along portions of the Gulf Coast of the United States, the NHC initiated advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen.

The disturbance continued to produce gale-force winds and widespread cloudiness and thunderstorms over the western Gulf of Mexico through the day, although the circulation remained broad and elongated. By the evening of October 18, however, reconassiance aircraft, satellite, and surface observations indicated that the circulation had become sufficiently defined to classify the disturbance as Tropical Storm Nestor.

See also

• Tropical cyclones in 2019
• Other tropical cyclones named Nestor
• Tropical Storm Josephine (1996) – Took a similar track through the Gulf of Mexico in October 1996
• Tropical Storm Matthew (2004) – Weak tropical storm which affected the Gulf Coast in October 2004

External links

• The National Hurricane Center's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Nestor