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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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.