Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for MAX-23 in Mexico from 08 Oct 2023 03:00 UTC to 09 Oct 2023 03:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for MAX-23

in Mexico

09 Oct 2023 03 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone MAX-23 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Mexico
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	93 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (09 Oct 22:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)
Landfall	between 09 Oct 2023 12:00 - 10 Oct 2023 00:00 in Mexico

GDACS Score

GDACS score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Level), 1.5 (ORANGE Level), 2.5 (RED Level)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	83 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	93 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

83 km/h Current Max.

Up to 420000 people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	08 Oct 2023 03:00	83	490 thousand	No people	Mexico
2	08 Oct 2023 09:00	83	930 thousand	No people	Mexico
3	08 Oct 2023 15:00	83	260 thousand	No people	Mexico
4	08 Oct 2023 21:00	83	220 thousand	No people	Mexico
5	09 Oct 2023 03:00	83	420 thousand	No people	Mexico

Bulletin Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Category (SSHS)	Max winds (km/h)	Population in Cat.1 or higher	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Location (lat, lon)	Countries
1	08 Oct 2023 03:00	Tropical depression	46	no people	no people	13.9, -100.1
2	08 Oct 2023 09:00	Tropical depression	46	no people	no people	14.5, -100.7
3	08 Oct 2023 15:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	15, -101.1
4	08 Oct 2023 21:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	15.9, -101.7
5	09 Oct 2023 03:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	130000 people	16.3, -101.9
5	09 Oct 2023 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	390000 people	17, -102
5	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	390000 people	17.8, -101.9	Mexico
5	10 Oct 2023 12:00	Tropical depression	37	no people	no people	18.6, -101.6	Mexico

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Country	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Mexico	420000 people

Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Guerrero	Mexico	200000 people
Michoacan	Mexico	220000 people

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Petatlán	Guerrero	Mexico	City	20000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo International	ZIH	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200
Lazaro Cardenas	LZC	12	Civ.	Paved	No	4900
El Infiernillo		511				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Lazaro Cardenas	MXLZC	Mexico

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year
	Jose M. Morelos	Balsas	1968
Inhernillo	El Infiernillo	Balsas	1963

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Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.2m in Barrio Nuevo, Mexico. This height is estimated for 09 Oct 2023 22:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (5 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 5 of 09 Oct 2023 03:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 6 minute resolution)

Level	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	09 Oct 2023 22:00	Barrio Nuevo	Mexico	0.2
	09 Oct 2023 22:00	Zihuatanejo	Mexico	0.2
	09 Oct 2023 22:00	Lagunillas	Mexico	0.2
	09 Oct 2023 23:00	Joluta	Mexico	0.2
	09 Oct 2023 22:00	Melchor Ocampo	Mexico	0.1

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