Entries Categorized as 'Baja California'

Scattered showers and thunderstorms

Date September 28, 2010

A broad area of low pressure located a couple hundred miles west of Manzanillo Mexico is producing scattered showers and thunderstorms. (+/- 320 miles south from Cabo San Lucas – 420 miles La Paz) Upper-level winds are only marginally favorable for development, and there is a low chance, 10 percent, Of this system becoming a [...]

600 miles south of Cabo

Date September 24, 2010

A low pressure system located about 180 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo Mexico is producing disorganized shower activity. Although upper-level winds are not particularly favorable, some slow development of this system is possible. There is a low chance, 20 percent, of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours as it moves west-northwestward [...]

Tropical Storm Georgette forms just south of Cabo San Lucas

Date September 21, 2010

The government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for southern Baja California from Agua Blanca southward to Cabo San Lucas on the West Coast and from Buenavista southward to Cabo San Lucas on the East Coast. at 500 am PDT 1200 UTC the center of Tropical Storm Georgette was located near latitude 22.1 [...]

150 miles south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California

Date September 20, 2010

An area of low pressure centered about 150 miles south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California is moving north-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph and is accompanied by winds to gale force. This system lacks sufficient organized thunderstorm activity to be classified as a tropical cyclone at this time. Although upper-level winds do not [...]

5.0 Baja quake

Date September 14, 2010

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake broke in a remote area of Baja California at 3:52 a.m. today, producing shaking that was widely but lightly felt across San Diego County, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The shaker began 6.2 miles deep, and was centered about 48 miles south-southeast of Calexico. Find most current earth-quake information at the [...]