Tropical Depression Twelve-E (2011)

Tropical Depression Twelve-E is an active depression that is threatening Mexico and Guatemala. As soon as advisories began, warnings were issued. The storm began as an invest south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.

Meteorological History
Early on October 7, an area of disturbed weather formed a few hundred miles south of the Mexico coast. The disturbance quickly became more organized and two days alter, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted that the low would likely deepen into a tropical depression because its atmospheric circulation had became more defined. However, thunderstorm activity diminished greatly near the center, with what little activity there was left displaced to the east due to heavy amounts of wind shear. On October 12, the system was finally declared a tropical depression.

Preparations and impact
Upon becoming a tropical cyclone, a tropical storm warning from Barra De Tonala to the Guatemala-Mexico border. The NHC noted the possibility of 10 in (250 mm) of rain in Oaxaca and Chipas and 15 in (380 mm) in Guatemala.