Hurricane Blas (2022)

Hurricane Blas

Blas displaying an eye while intensifying off the Mexican coast on June 16
Meteorological history
Formed	June 14, 2022
Post-tropical	June 19, 2022
Dissipated	June 24, 2022
Category 1 hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds	85 mph (140 km/h)
Lowest pressure	978 mbar (hPa); 28.88 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	4
Damage	Minimal
Areas affected	Southwestern Mexico, Revillagigedo Islands
IBTrACS
Part of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season

Hurricane Blas was a Category 1 hurricane that brought winds and flooding to several Mexican states in June 2022. The second named storm and second hurricane of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season, Blas developed from a low-pressure area off the coast of southwestern Mexico. It became a tropical depression on June 14. and strengthened into a tropical storm later that same day. Blas became a hurricane the next day, while paralleling the coast. The system reached its peak intensity on June 17, at 15:00 UTC, with maximum sustained winds of 80 knots (90 mph; 150 km/h) and a central pressure of 976 mbar (28.82 inHg). Later, Blas turned to the west and weakened, becoming a tropical depression on June 20, before transitioning into a post-tropical cyclone on that same day.

Damage from the hurricane was minor as it remained offshore.^[1] All totaled, Blas was responsible for the deaths of four people in Mexico.^[2]