High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hurricane Carlotta was a minimal hurricane that briefly affected southwestern Mexico with light rainfall in July 2006. The second hurricane and fourth tropical cyclone of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season, Carlotta developed on July 12 from a tropical wave off the southwest coast of Mexico. It quickly attained hurricane status, though nearby Hurricane Bud caused the hurricane to weaken. Carlotta briefly weakened to tropical storm status before again reaching hurricane status, though on July 15 it began its final weakening trend due to cooler waters and wind shear. On July 17 it degenerated into a remnant low pressure area, and four days later the circulation dissipated.