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July 3, 2025 - Hurricane Flossie Skirts Mexico
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Hurricane Flossie reached peak strength as a Category 3 major hurricane on July 2, 2025, as it tracked northwestward roughly parallel to Mexico’s Pacific Coast. The storm’s maximum sustained winds reached 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) early that day and remained at that strength for six hours before Flossie began to weaken, according to reports from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). By the evening of July 2, Flossie had dropped to Category 2 strength as it passed south of Baja California Sur. Cooler sea surface temperatures and increasing wind shear brought maximum sustained winds down to about 110 miles per hour (155 km/h).
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Hurricane Flossie on July 1. Near the time this image was acquired, Flossie carried maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour (177 km/h), and it was strengthening. The large, cloud-filled center of the hurricane was located about 180 miles (285 km) southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico and it was moving to the northwest at about 10 miles per hour. Large convective bands radiated from the center and were bringing rain, gusting winds, and high tides to nearby coastal Mexico.
Despite the close passage of this Category 3 hurricane, no major damage was reported as of the evening of June 2. Steady to rapid weakening is expected during the next few days as Flossie continues to pull away from land. The NHC expects the system to become a post-tropical cyclone late on July 3.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 7/1/2025
Resolutions:
1km (2.1 MB), 500m (2.1 MB), 250m (1.7 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Hurricane Flossie reached peak strength as a Category 3 major hurricane on July 2, 2025, as it tracked northwestward roughly parallel to Mexico’s Pacific Coast. The storm’s maximum sustained winds reached 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) early that day and remained at that strength for six hours before Flossie began to weaken, according to reports from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). By the evening of July 2, Flossie had dropped to Category 2 strength as it passed south of Baja California Sur. Cooler sea surface temperatures and increasing wind shear brought maximum sustained winds down to about 110 miles per hour (155 km/h).
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Hurricane Flossie on July 1. Near the time this image was acquired, Flossie carried maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour (177 km/h), and it was strengthening. The large, cloud-filled center of the hurricane was located about 180 miles (285 km) southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico and it was moving to the northwest at about 10 miles per hour. Large convective bands radiated from the center and were bringing rain, gusting winds, and high tides to nearby coastal Mexico.
Despite the close passage of this Category 3 hurricane, no major damage was reported as of the evening of June 2. Steady to rapid weakening is expected during the next few days as Flossie continues to pull away from land. The NHC expects the system to become a post-tropical cyclone late on July 3.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 7/1/2025
Resolutions:
1km (2.1 MB), 500m (2.1 MB), 250m (1.7 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
