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Erick

Every dispatch filed on Erick, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.

6Dispatches
5Days · JUN 15–JUN 19
I-26Tropics
Where the dispatches were filed3 of 6 placed
Map of North America and the Atlantic with a shield at each dispatch's place Natural Earth · places from the headlines
Invest 94E likely to become Hurricane Erick in a few days south of Mexico FIGURE 1 JUN 15 · I-26 TROPICS Invest 94E likely to become Hurricane Erick in a few days south of Mexico Hurricane Erick rapidly intensifying prior to landfall in 24-36 hours FIGURE 1 JUN 18 · I-26 TROPICS Hurricane Erick rapidly intensifying prior to landfall in 24-36 hours
The route · every exit
  1. Exit 1 · JUN 15 Invest 94E likely to become Hurricane Erick in a few days south of Mexico Mexico
  2. Exit 2 · JUN 16 · Subscribers Invest 94E to become Erick in Eastern Pacific south of Mexico Mexico
  3. Exit 3 · JUN 17 · Subscribers Tropical Storm Erick potential to become a major hurricane
  4. Exit 4 · JUN 18 Hurricane Erick rapidly intensifying prior to landfall in 24-36 hours
  5. Exit 5 · JUN 18 · Subscribers Hurricane Erick continues to rapidly intensify nearing landfall
  6. Exit 6 · JUN 19 · Subscribers Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico at nearly Category 4 intensity Mexico
END Final dispatch JUN 19.

Why I-26?

Tropical stories ride Interstate 26, after the 26 °C sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development.

26 °C

The sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development; the shield number of this road.

Invest

An area the Hurricane Center is investigating, numbered 90–99 with a basin letter, before it has a name.

ACE

Accumulated Cyclone Energy: a season's wind, squared and summed every six hours. Climatology sets the scale.