page_title: Hurricane Fausto (1996)
section_title: Meteorological history
hierarchical_section_title: Hurricane Fausto (1996) / Meteorological history
caption_attribution_description: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane ScaleTDTS12345 English: Hurricane Fausto (1996) track. Uses the color scheme from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
context_page_description: Hurricane Fausto was a Pacific hurricane that caused light damage to Baja California Sur in September 1996. On September 10, a tropical depression developed a short distance south-southeast of the Mexican Riviera. Slowly intensifying, Fuasto paralleled the coastline. It became a hurricane on September 12, and after briefly reaching major hurricane intensity, increasing wind shear resulted in a weakening trend. It moved ashore Baja California Sur on September 13 as minimal hurricane, and struck the mainland the next day. On September 15, the tropical cyclone was no more. While 15 in of rain was recorded, only one person was killed and damage was light.
context_section_description: The origins of Fausto can be traced back to an area of disturbed weather that was located over Venezuela on August 31. This area of disturbed weather was the southern part of a tropical wave which became Hurricane Fran in the Atlantic Ocean.  The disturbed weather moved westward across Central America on September 4 and to a position centered about 250 mi (400 km) south of Acapulco, Mexico on September 9, where it began to develop a low-level circulation and well-organized thunderstorm activity. A tropical depression formed on September 10 while located about 250 mi (400 km) south-southeast of Manzanillo.
  Upon becoming a tropical cyclone, the depression was initially forecast to remain over water. Guided by a weak ridge near Baja California, the depression moved northwestward at about 20 km/h (10 mph) and paralleled the coast of Mexico for the next three days. Meanwhile, the tropical cyclone developed well-defined banding features. Based on this, the system was upgraded into Tropical Storm Fausto later that day. While banding featured increased and the tropical cyclone became more organized and a well-established upper-level outflow, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) re-assessed the intensity at 70 mph (195 km/h).
  Fausto ultimately developed an eye; as such, the tropical storm was upgraded into a hurricane on September 11. Hurricane Fuasto reached its peak intensity at 120 mph (195 km/h) midday on the 12th, and turned northward while centered south of the southern tip of Baja California. The hurricane made landfall near Todos los Santos on Baja California on September 13 with winds of 140 km/h (85 mph), and turned north-northeastward, it made landfall on the mainland of Mexico near Los Mochis several hours later as a weaker hurricane. Fausto rapidly weakened and dissipated on 0000 UTC on September 15 over the Sierra Madre mountains.
caption: Map plotting the track and the intensity of the storm, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
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