Mexico's Pacific and Gulf coasts are both being inundated by tropical cyclone rainfall at the same time. Tropical storm Manuel has dropped very heavy rainfall along Mexico's Pacific coast. 21 people have been reported killed in this area due to flooding and landslides caused by extreme rainfall. At the same time hurricane Ingrid weakened to a tropical storm and came ashore from the Gulf Of Mexico into the state of Tamaulipas near La Pesca, Mexico . The approximate 0000Z and 1200Z locations of the tropical cyclones are shown overlaid in white.

 

The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi- satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is used to monitor rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals are shown over Mexico for the period 9-16 September 2013. The highest rainfall totals for tropical storm Manuel, of over 350mm (~14 inches), were located along the Pacific coast. Torrential rainfall from dissipating tropical storm Ingrid is expected to cause flooding and mud-slides over Mexico for the next few days.