User:CooperScience/Tropical Storm Nestor (2019)

Tropical Storm Nestor was a short-lived and asymmetric tropical cyclone which caused moderate damage in the Southeastern United States during October 2019. The fourteenth named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Nestor developed from a broad area of low pressure which formed over the western Caribbean Sea on October 13. The low moved west-northwestward over Central America over the next couple of days, emerging over the Bay of Campeche on October 16. Gradual organization occurred thereafter as the system moved northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico, and it developed into Tropical Storm Nestor on October 18, simultaneously reaching its peak intensity with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Afterward, the cyclone quickly lost its tropical characteristics and became a post-tropical cyclone before making landfall on St. Vincent Island, Florida. The post-tropical cyclone continued northeastward up the East Coast of the United States, eventually dissipating over the western North Atlantic on October 23.

Meteorological history
Late on October 10, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began to forecast the formation of a broad area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea. Three days later, a broad area of low pressure, accompanied by disorganized showers and thunderstorms, formed over the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The disturbance moved west-northwestward over Central America, and further organization was limited during that time due to interaction with the mountainous terrain. However, after the system emerged over the Bay of Campeche on October 16, shower and thunderstorm activity began to show signs of organization as it moved northward and then northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico. By October 17, the circulation associated with the tropical disturbance continued to become better defined, and due to the threat of tropical storm conditions along portions of the Gulf Coast of the United States, the NHC initiated advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen.

The disturbance continued to produce gale-force winds and widespread cloudiness and thunderstorms over the western Gulf of Mexico through the day, although the circulation remained broad and elongated. By the evening of October 18, however, reconassiance aircraft, satellite, and surface observations indicated that the circulation had become sufficiently defined to classify the disturbance as Tropical Storm Nestor.