Baja Weather

Hurricane Norbert has struck
Mexico’s Baja California Sur peninsula with heavy rains and 103mph (165km/h) winds. The storm made landfall near the city of La Paz, blowing down roofs and uprooting trees. Thousands of residents have fled to shelters. Forecasters say Norbert will cross the Gulf of California, before making a second landfall on Mexico’s north-western mainland. It is expected to hit the agricultural states of Sonora and Sinaloa later. Nearly 3,000 people were evacuated to temporary shelters on Mexico’s Pacific coast as the storm came ashore, bringing with it 13ft (4m) waves.

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Hurricane Norbert has weakened since yesterday’s impressive Category 4 showing, but still remains a dangerous major hurricane over the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Infrared satellite loops show a well-formed eye with a large area of heavy thunderstorms, but the cloud tops have warmed today, indicating that they are not as vigorous and do not extend as high into the atmosphere. There is excellent upper-level outflow in all quadrants, and wind shear remains low, near 5 knots. The satellite appearance has not changed significantly in the past eight hours. Norbert may go through an eyewall replacement cycle today, where the main inner eyewall collapses, and a new outer eyewall forms. This process could cause a temporary weakening of the storm. The first Hurricane Hunter mission into Norbert is scheduled for this afternoon.

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Norbert is moving ahead in roughly the expected path - it looks to the writer like the point of turning on to the Baja and cross it in direction mainland is a little bit more to the north as yesterday thus La Paz is no more in the direct predicted path. But as we all know, ones don’t need to be a seasoned Baja Nomad to know that Baja hurricanes do what they want…. well, I guess they do that everywhere, not only on the Baja Peninsula.

Further south we have 2 more systems, Tropical Storm Odile and Invest 92. Both are to far away and to “new” to get any predictions. We will keep an eye on them and report of course any changes that should be if interest for the Baja Sur

Hurricane Norbert
Norbert has strengthened into the seventh hurricane of the Eastern Pacific season as of 2 a.m. PDT Tuesday. Norbert’s top winds were estimated to be near 75 mph and was located about 585 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and is moving to the west-northwest near 8 miles per hour, and this general motion is expected to continue over the next couple of days. Norbert could move toward Baja California later in the week or over the weekend, so interests there should monitor the progress of the system. Check out Norbert’s projected path.

Lowell moving over the southern Gulf of California toward Mainland Mexico. Locally heavy rainfall occurring over southern Baja California and northern Sinaloa state. At 800 am PDT the center of Tropical Depression Lowell was located near latitude 23.8 north…longitude 109.2 west or about 75 miles/125 km northeast of Cabo San Lucas Mexico and about 140
miles/225 km south of Los Mochis Mexico. In La Paz there was not much to “feel” except a few showers

The depression is moving toward the northeast near 10 mph and this general motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. On this track Lowell will move over the southern portion of the Gulf of California today and into Mainland Mexico tonight where it will quickly dissipate.

Lowell got “de-graded’ to an depression. He dumped a little rain on La Paz today - nothing big to write about actually. We would say - the usual :). Had to make a run to centro this half hour ago - here a photo taken with cell-phone

Lowell is approaching southern Baja California. A tropical storm watch is in effect along the southwestern coast of the southern Baja Peninsula from Bahia Magdalena southward to Cabo San Lucas. The depression is moving toward the northeast near 7 mph and this general motion is expected to continue tonight. On this track the center of Lowell is forecast to move across the southern Baja California peninsula tonight or early Thursday then turn toward the north-northeast over the southern portion of the Gulf of California Thursday and move into Mainland Mexico Thursday night.

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Lowell moving away from Socorro island with little change in strength. Interests in southern Baja California should monitor the progress of Lowell. For storm information specific to your area including possible inland watches and warnings…please monitor products issued by your local weather office. At 200 PM PDT…2100z…the center of Tropical Storm Lowell was located near latitude 19.8 north…longitude 112.1 west or about 100 miles…160 km…northwest of Socorro island and about 255 miles… 415 km…southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Lowell is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph…19 km/hr…and this general motion is expected to continue with a decrease in forward speed tonight and Tuesday. A turn toward the north is expected Tuesday night and Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph…85 km/hr…with higher gusts. A gradual weakening is expected during the next couple of days.

At 800 am PDT the center of Tropical Storm Lowell was located near latitude 17.2 north…longitude 108.1 west or about 280 miles - equals 450 km - west-southwest of Manzanillo Mexico and about 410 miles - equals 660 km - south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California.

Lowell is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph - equals - 19 km/hr and this general motion is expected for the next day or so. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph…75 km/hr…with higher gusts. Some slow strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 60 miles…95 km from the center.