The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season has thankfully come to an end. There was a record of 30 named storms. See the article by NOAA here.
Storm names for the Atlantic Ocean basin for 2020. Crossed out names are storms that occurred. |
Map of storms as of November 30, 2020. |
Tropical Storm Gamma at 7:30 a.m. on October 3, 2020. |
Hurricane Delta at 6:00 a.m. on October 7, 2020. |
Tropical Storm Gamma from 9:20-9:50 a.m. on October 3, 2020. |
Hurricane Zeta made landfall at Ciudad Chemuyil (about 15 miles south of Puerto Aventuras) at 11:10 p.m. on October 26, 2020. See GOES-16 infrared image at 11:01 p.m. below.
Below is a chart that shows the atmospheric pressure, wind speed, and wind gust speed from the Puerto Aventuras Navy weather station from Oct 26-27, 2020. Winds (in green) reached over 30 mph, with gusts (in red) to 65 mph. These occurred as the pressure (in blue) dropped to about 990 millibars as the storm made landfall.
A resident of Puerto Aventuras posted a YouTube video of the damage. Below are damage photos from around Puerto Aventuras Resort on October 27, 2020 after the passage of Hurricane Zeta.