image: Blanca's run in the Eastern Pacific Ocean has come to a close as the tropical cyclone has "hit a new low," a remnant low pressure status that is, on its way to total dissipation. At 11 p.m. EDT on July 8, the National Hurricane Center deemed Blanca a remnant low pressure area and issued their last advisory on the cyclone. At that time, its sustained winds were down to 30 mph, and it was weakening in waters too cool to sustain it. Blanca's last minimum central pressure was 1006 millibars. By 9 a.m. EDT on July 9, Blanca's remnants had moved to a position about 830 miles west of the southern tip of the Baja California. During the early morning hours of July 9, some thunderstorms were still occurring in Blanca, but the system lacked the deep convection (rapidly rising air that forms more thunderstorms and keep the storm going). There may be more thunderstorms that pop up around Blanca's weak circulation over the next day or two until it totally dissipates sometime before July 11. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-12, captured Blanca's remnants at 7:45 a.m. EDT (1145 UTC) on July 9 in the open waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. GOES-12 is operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the image was created by NASA's GOES Project, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Although Blanca is fading, the National Hurricane Center is watching another area in the Eastern Pacific about 950 miles south of the southern tip of Baja California. There is an area of disturbed weather there, and it has a low chance of developing into a tropical depression over the next 2 days. view more
Credit: Text: NASA/Rob Gutro Image: NASA GOES Project