Hurricane Rick (2009)

Hurricane Rick was the second-most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2009, only behind Typhoon Nida. Developed off the southern coast of Mexico on October 15, Rick traversed an area favoring rapid intensification, allowing it to become a hurricane within 24 hours of being declared a tropical depression. It made landfall near Mazatlán, Mexico, on October 20, 2011, with a maximum sustained wind of 145mph and gusts up to 150 miles per hour (250 km/h) The storm was the 20th of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season and the third-strongest Pacific hurricane on record.

About Hurricane Rick (2009) in brief

Hurricane Rick was the second-most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2009, only behind Typhoon Nida. Developed off the southern coast of Mexico on October 15, Rick traversed an area favoring rapid intensification, allowing it to become a hurricane within 24 hours of being declared a tropical depression. An eye began to form during the afternoon of October 16; once fully formed, the storm underwent another period of rapid strengthening. On October 21, Rick quickly moved northeast, brushing the tip of Baja California Sur before making landfall near Mazatlán with winds of 60 mph. In Mexico, three people were killed by the storm, one in Oaxaca and two in BajaCalifornia Sur. The damage from Rick was significantly less than initially anticipated, with the National Hurricane Center initially forecast Rick to make landfall as a high-end Category 2 hurricane, prompting hurricane watches. The final advisory from the NHC was issued as the storm weakened to a tropical Depression and dissipated on October 22. The storm was the 20th of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season and the third-strongest Pacific hurricane on record. It was the first hurricane to form in the Pacific Ocean since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It is the second most intense storm in the Atlantic Ocean, after Hurricane Ike in 2005, and the fourth most intense in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea since Hurricane Gloria in 1989. It has been named after Rick, a former tropical depression that became a tropical storm on October 3, 2009, before becoming a hurricane on October 4, 2009.

Rick is the third most powerful hurricane to have formed in the Pacific Ocean, behind Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Katrina. It had winds of 180 mph and a barometric pressure of 906 mbar when it made landfall on October 21, 2011. The eye of the storm became very well-defined and nearly 11mi in diameter, measuring roughly 5mi in addition to the cloud free, roughly 11 mi in the addition to a second, larger outer eyewall, often often times larger than the first. Rick has also been called the most powerful tropical storm to have made landfall in the United States since Hurricane Ike on October 1, 2005, with sustained winds of 145 mph and gusts of up to 155 mph. It is also the most violent tropical cyclone to hit Mexico since Hurricane Agnes in 1978. It also has the highest sustained winds ever recorded in the southern Pacific Ocean, with winds reaching 150 mph in some areas. Rick’s maximum sustained winds were 125 mph, and it had sustained winds up to 175 mph for several hours before weakening to 115 mph on October 19. It made landfall near Mazatlán, Mexico, on October 20, 2011, with a maximum sustained wind of 145mph and gusts up to 150 miles per hour (250 km/h) The storm made landfall just before the end of a period of heavy rain and heavy seas.

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