Tropical Storm Dalila (2007)

Infobox Hurricane
Name=Tropical Storm Dalila
Type=Tropical Storm
Year=2007
Basin=Atl
Image location=Dalila 25 july 2007 2100Z.jpg


Formed=July 22, 2007
Dissipated=July 27, 2007
1-min winds=50
Pressure=995
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Fatalities=None Reported
Areas=Socorro Island, Mexico
Hurricane season=2007 Pacific hurricane season

Tropical Storm Dalila was a tropical storm that was active in the 2007 Pacific hurricane season. The seventh tropical cyclone and the fourth named tropical storm of the season, Dalila came from a tropical wave that entered the Eastern Pacific ocean on July 17, 2007. It became a tropical depression five days later. It remained disorganized at times and eventually reached a peak intensity of 60 miles per hour on July 25 before degenerating into a remnant low two days later on July 27.

Meteorological history

An area of disturbed weather was first noticed a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the morning of July 19. The National Hurricane Center noted the possibility of some slow development of the system over the following 48 hours.cite web|author=Beven, Jack|date=2007-07-20|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook|publisher=National Hurricane Center|accessdate=2007-07-22|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWOEP/TWOEP.200707201617.txt] 24 hours later, the circulation of the disturbance started to become more consolidated and better defined, leading the NHC to declare the possibility of the formation of a tropical depression.cite web|author=Rhome, Jamie|date=2007-07-21|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook|publisher=National Hurricane Center|accessdate=2007-07-22|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWOEP/TWOEP.200707211655.txt] Late on July 21, the National Hurricane Center initiated advisories on Tropical Depression Seven-E.cite web|author=Avila, Lixion|date=2007-07-21|title=Tropical Storm Seven-E Discussion Number 1|publisher=National Hurricane Center|accessdate=2007-07-22|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2007/ep07/ep072007.discus.001.shtml?] while 400 miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico.

The tropical depression initially moved west-northwestward for the first day of it's existence until it turned northwestward around a mid-level ridge centered over Central Mexico. [ [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-EP072007_Dalila.pdf=NHC's Tropical Cyclone Report on Dalila] ] The shear that had been preventing the tropical depression from strengthening began to decrease late July 23 and the depression strengthened into a tropical storm and was named "Dalila" while 350 miles southeast of Socorro Island in Mexico. Thereafter, the shear continued to weaken and Dalila reached a peak intensity of 60 miles per hour while 50 miles southeast of Socorro Island [ [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-EP072007_Dalila.pdf=NHC's Tropical Cyclone Report on Dalila] ] . The center of the storm passed over or near the island during the early hours of July 25 while still at peak intensity [ [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-EP072007_Dalila.pdf=NHC's Tropical Cyclone Report on Dalila] ] . The next day, Dalila began to weaken as it passed over cooler waters. Dalila weakened into a tropical depression on the 27th and degenerated into a remnant low twelve hours later. The remnant low countined to move west-northwestward over the next few days before slowing down and dissipating while 700 miles south of the Baja Peninsula on July 29 [ [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-EP072007_Dalila.pdf=NHC's Tropical Cyclone Report on Dalila] ] .

Impact

Even though Dalila passed over Socorro Island with winds of 60 miles per hour, there was no reported deaths or damages [ [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-EP072007_Dalila.pdf=NHC's Tropical Cyclone Report on Dalila] ] .

ee also

*Other Tropical Storms Named Dalila
*2007 Pacific hurricane season
*2007 Atlantic hurricane season

References