Baja Weather

At 800 am PDT the center of Hurricane Norbert was located near latitude 20.6 north…longitude 113.4 west or about 275 miles…445 km…southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Norbert is moving toward the north near 10 mph…17 km/hr. A turn toward the north-northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected tonight. A faster motion towards the northeast is expected on Saturday. On this track…the center of Norbert will be nearing the southern Baja California peninsula Saturday morning.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 100 mph…160km/hr…with higher gusts. Norbert is now a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some weakening is forecast during the next 24 hours before Norbert reaches the Baja California coast. An Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate Norbert around midday.

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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.