Tropical Storm Amy (2044)

Tropical Storm Amy was a tropical cyclone that impacted Mexico. It was the first tropical depression and first tropical storm of the 2044 Atlantic hurricane season.

Meteorological history
The origins of Tropical Storm Amy was a tropical wave that formed near the northern coastline of Cuba in early June. Even though conditions were perfect for a tropical cyclone, the wave could not develop. It was because a closed circulation was not found by a Hurricane Hunters flight into the system. However, as the disturbance neared the eastern coast of Mexico, satellite images showed the expanding area develop a closed circulation. As such, the disturbance was upgraded to Tropical Depression One on June 15. The newly formed depression got gradually closer to Mexico, steered there by a trough, but continued to hold 35 mph winds until June 19, when it was declared a tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center, with the warning center naming it Amy. Soon after being named, the trough steering Amy abruptly dissipated, leaving the tropical storm adrift about 100 miles east of the Mexican coastline. Through June 20 and 21, Amy gradually picked up forward speed, reaching its peak intensity of 60 miles per hour, and a pressure of 998 millibars, before making a landfall over Northeastern Mexico near Matamoros. Over land, Amy weakened back to a tropical depression, but the depression remnants survived over the mountainous terrain of Mexico and crossed over to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The depression existed for about six hours in the Pacific before being absorbed into a large, extratropical cyclone.