Real-time coverage of severeStorms event — Tropical Storm Elida — Pandita Data.
⛈️ OPEN LIVE 3D WEATHER ALERTSTropical Storm Elida formed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean at 15.6°N, 114.1°W on July 15, 2026, with sustained winds near 65 km/h and a clear track toward southwestern Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. The system poses immediate threats of storm surge, heavy rainfall, and damaging winds across coastal Sonora and Sinaloa, with secondary flood and flash-flood risk extending inland across Arizona and New Mexico.
Communities along the Mexican Pacific coast and U.S. border regions face a 36–72 hour window for evacuation and preparation. Residents in low-lying coastal areas, flood-prone valleys, and mobile home communities are at highest risk of surge inundation, wind damage, and tree fall.
Tropical cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific is driven by warm sea-surface temperatures (typically ≥26.5°C), low wind shear, and sufficient atmospheric moisture. Elida developed in an environment of anomalously warm water and weak upper-level steering, allowing rapid organization. As the storm moves northwestward, it will weaken over cooler waters but retain moisture and rotational energy, transforming into a mid-latitude depression by day 4–5 and delivering heavy orographic rainfall across the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Real-time satellite imagery (NOAA GOES-16, MODIS) reveals cloud-top temperatures, rainfall rates, and wind-field structure. Pandita's 3D weather simulation integrates NOAA/NWS numerical forecasts, sea-surface temperature grids, and atmospheric pressure fields to visualize storm track, intensification phases, and precipitation swaths. Users can rotate the 3D globe to inspect the storm's convective structure and compare observed radar reflectivity with model predictions.
Eastern Pacific tropical storms weaken rapidly over land and cooler water, but Elida's moisture-rich structure will deliver 75–150 mm rainfall across inland Mexico and the U.S. Southwest, triggering flash floods in burn scars and narrow canyons.
Monitor Pandita Data's live weather simulation to track Elida's exact position, predicted rainfall totals, and wind-speed evolution hour by hour. Access real-time NOAA forecasts and local National Weather Service advisories simultaneously to plan evacuation and shelter decisions.