Hurricane Katia

Tropical Depression 13 formed in the Bay of Campeche on September 2, 2017 as a tropical depression. Katia became a tropical storm not long after, and then after a day or two, became a hurricane. Katia peaked at 105 mph before making landfall in Mexico as a cat 1 hurricane.

Katia dissipated at 11 am on September 9 2017 after hitting Mexico.

Hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings were issued for coastal Mexico.

Katia made landfall on the night of September 8, 2017 as a cat 1 hurricane.

• ECMWF - Spotted the system, may also be CMC, have to check home page. Sent into Mexico as TS.

• CMC - TS into Mexico.

• GFS - Slow to develop, but developed a cat 1 hurricane with pressure of 970s.

• NAVGEM - Weak hurricane or strong TS.

• UKMET - Cat 1 hurricane.

• HWRF - Cat 1 or 2 hurricane.

• HMON - Cat 2 to 4 hurricane.

End Result:

• Strength: Due to there being a consensus in track, they all performed well, but the real factor was intensity, and the HWRF was the model that did it the best. The HMON was too overpowered while the rest were a bit too weak.

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