Hurricane Carlos Alive In The Eastern Pacific – Satellite Image

July 11, 2009 – Recently upgraded Hurricane Carlos in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, is looking a little better this afternoon. Although, as you can see in this Hi-rez satellite visible imagery, there seems to be a band of entraining drier air into Carlos convective circulation. You can see a very small eye, with dry air trying to wrap into the circulation on the western quadrants of the hurricane. This is likely to be short-lived as Carlos is expected to remain a hurricane into this upcoming week.

Hurricane Carlos is forecasted to intensify some in the coming days before encountering southwesterly wind shear, but remain over open waters of the Eastern Pacific, and move into the Central Pacific in a few days. Carlos is the second named hurricane of the 2009 East Pacific season.