Hurricane Cesar was the third named storm of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. The Category 1 hurricane formed in late July in the Caribbean Sea and pounded Central America with rain, killing 67 people and causing local governments to deem the region a disaster area. After crossing Central America, the storm redeveloped in the eastern Pacific as Hurricane Douglas, which became part of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season and reached Category 4 str...
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Hurricane Cesar was the third named storm of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. The Category 1 hurricane formed in late July in the Caribbean Sea and pounded Central America with rain, killing 67 people and causing local governments to deem the region a disaster area. After crossing Central America, the storm redeveloped in the eastern Pacific as Hurricane Douglas, which became part of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season and reached Category 4 strength in the open ocean.
The precursor to Hurricane Cesar was a tropical wave that moved off of the coast of Africa near Dakar, Senegal on 17 July. The system crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a very favorable environment for tropical development but nonetheless did not begin to develop until it approached the Windward Islands on 23 July. While a declaration of the formation was not issued at the time, it is now estimated that Tropical Depression Three, future Hurricane Cesar, formed on 24 July around 1800 UTC just north of Venezuelan Isla...
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