Tropical Storm Carlos - June 25-28, 2003
A tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa on June 14th.
The wave moved through the tropical Atlantic as a very
weak system. After moving into the eastern Pacific, a tropical
disturbance formed south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
It drifted northwest, becoming a tropical depression early on the 26th
and a tropical storm later that morning. Erratically
drifting north, it developed an eye-like feature as it made landfall 90
miles southwest of Puerto Angel. The cyclone
weakened as it moved just inland of the coast, emerging back into the
eastern Pacific as a tropical depression on the
27th. Moving slowly to the west-southwest, the system ultimately
dissipated on the 29th. Below is its track, provided
by the National Hurricane Center.
![Carlos (2003) Track](http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/carlos2003trk.gif)
The
storm total graphics for this cyclone are below. Rainfall data was
supplied by Miguel Cortez of the Comision
Nacional del Agua, parent agency of
Mexico's National Weather Service.