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Frank continues to weaken
Posted: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:01:14 +0000
Frank continues to weaken, now a tropical storm. at 200 PM PDT the center of Tropical Storm Frank was located near latitude 19.3 north – longitude 112.2 west. Frank is moving toward the northwest near 6 mph/9 km/hr. A gradual turn toward the north and north-northeast is expected during the next 48 hours. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph…100 km/hr with higher gusts. Continued weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours…and Frank will probably become a depression by late Saturday or sooner.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 60 miles/95 km from the center.Post from: Baja Weather
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Frank weakens slightly off the coast of Mexico
Posted: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:32:33 +0000
Tropical Storm Frank weakens slightly off the coast of Mexico. at 1100 am PDT/1800 UTC the center of Tropical Storm Frank was located near latitude 14.8 north…longitude 98.7 west. Frank is moving erratically toward the west-northwest near 8 mph/13 km/hr. A general motion to the west-northwest accompanied by some fluctuations in forward speed is expected for the next day or so. On the forecast track. Frank should move parallel to the coast of southern Mexico through Wednesday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 55 mph/90 km/hr with higher gusts. Some fluctuations in strength will be possible today but steady strengthening is expected to begin on Tuesday. It is still possible that Frank could reach hurricane strength as early as late Tuesday night.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 45 miles/75 km from the center. Hazards affecting land: Tropical storm conditions could approach the coast within the warning area on Tuesday. Rainfall: Frank is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 3 to 6 inches along the southern coastal region of Mexico with possible isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches. These rainfall amounts may produce life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.
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Tropical Depression Eight-E
Posted: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:25:58 +0000
Depression remains weak. Location 20.6n 111.4w about 185 mi/300 km SSW of the southern tip of Baja California maximum sustained winds 30 mph/45 km/hr present movement WNW or 295 degrees at 9 mph/15 km/hr minimum central pressure 1005 mb 29.68 inches. at 800 am PDT/1500 UTC the center of Tropical Depression Eight-E was located near latitude 20.6 north/longitude 111.4 west. The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph/15 km/hr. A gradual turn toward the west and a decrease in forward speed are expected during the next day or so. Maximum sustained winds remain near 30 mph/45 km/hr with higher gusts. The depression is expected to weaken to a remnant low later today or tonight.
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Tropical Depression Six-E
Posted: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:27:24 +0000
Tropical depression moving west-northwestward away from land. Summary of 800 am PDT/1500 UTC. Location is 15.3n 108.5w about 375 mi/605 km SW of Manzanillo Mexico about 535 mi/860 km S of the southern tip of Baja California. Maximum sustained winds 35 mph/55 km/hr present movement WNW or 290 degrees at 6 mph/9 km/hr. The center of Tropical Depression Six-E moving toward the west-northwest near 6 mph/9 km/hr. This general motion is expected to continue for the next day or two followed by a gradual turn toward the west by late Saturday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph/55 km/hr with higher gusts. Some slight strengthening is possible over the next couple of days and the depression could become a tropical storm at any time.Post from: Baja Weather
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Darby maintains category two
Posted: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:54:53 +0000
Hurricane Darby maintains category two strength. At 8:00 am PDT the center of Hurricane Darby was located near latitude 13.4 north – longitude 102.9 west. This is app. 800 miles distance from Cabo San Lucas, 720 miles from Mazatlan or 650 miles from the Soccoro Islands. Darby is moving toward the west near 3 mph – 6 km/hr. The hurricane is forecast to move slowly westward today followed by a northwestward to northward drift on Sunday and Monday. Maximum sustained winds are near 110 mph – 175 km/hr with higher gusts. Darby is a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Gradual weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 15 miles – 30 km from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 40 miles/65 km. Estimated minimum central pressure is 967 mb 28.56 inches.
There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Hazards affecting land: none.Post from: Baja Weather
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Hurricane Darby and Hurricane Celia
Posted: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:57:33 +0000
Hurricane Darby intensifies a little more. At 200 PM PDT / 2100 UTC the eye of Hurricane Darby was located near latitude 13.6 north…longitude 101.5 west. Darby is moving toward the west-northwest near 6 mph…9 km/hr…and this general motion is expected to continue today. A turn toward the west and west-southwest is forecast tomorrow along with a decrease in forward speed. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 120 mph…195 km/hr…with higher gusts. Darby is a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Some slow weakening is expected to begin by tomorrow. Hazards affecting land: none.
Hurricane Celia Celia weakens further but still a category four hurricane. at 200 PM PDT/2100 UTC the center of Hurricane Celia was located near latitude 14.2 north…longitude 119.0 west. Celia is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph…19 km/hr…and this general motion is expected to continue with a decrease in forward speed during the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 135 mph…215km/hr…with higher gusts. Celia is a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Further weakening is
expected during the next 48 hours. Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 40 miles…65 km…from the center…and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 125 miles…205 km.
Hazards affecting land: none.Post from: Baja Weather
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Earthquake rattled Southern California
Posted: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:08:22 +0000
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California, striking 5 miles east southeast of Ocotillo and about 70 miles east of San Diego just before 9:27 p.m. Monday night. It has been downgraded after being initially reported at 5.9. More than two dozen earthquakes struck Monday night near the U.S.-Mexican border in San Diego County, rocking a large swath of Southern California and prompting a momentary shutdown of the San Diego Padres game but causing no apparent major damage, officials said. Numerous aftershocks have occurred, ranging from 3.2 to 4.5 on the Richter scale as of 10:30 p.m.. Reporters in the Gaslamp District, in La Jolla and in Normal Heights report feeling the quake rattle their buildings, but haven’t seen any damage or injuries. Authorities have reported no known damage as well. The temblor was reportedly felt as far east as La Quinta in the Coachella Valley and as far north as Los Angeles. The earthquake was an aftershock of the 7.2 earthquake centered near Mexicali April 4, a Caltech seismologist told KTTV-TV Channel 11 in Los Angeles.
The jolt from the magnitude 5.7 temblor was especially strong in San Diego, where officials halted the game between the Padres and the Toronto Blue Jays for several minutes in the eighth inning at Petco Park stadium. The announcer called for calm, the crowd cheered and the game resumed. Television announcer Dick Enberg joked that the quake may have moved home plate because the Blue Jays were having trouble throwing strikes in the ninth inning.
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2010 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Outlook
Posted: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:01:39 +0000
NOAA: 2010 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Outlook. Issued: 27 May 2010. NOAA Predicts Below Normal Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season. NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center today announced that projected climate conditions point to a below normal hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific this year. The outlook calls for a 75 percent probability of a below normal season, a 20 percent probability of a near normal season and a five percent probability of an above normal season. Allowing for forecast uncertainties, seasonal hurricane forecasters estimate a 70 percent chance of 9 to 15 named storms, which includes 4 to 8 hurricanes, of which 1 to 3 are expected to become major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale).
An average Eastern Pacific hurricane season produces 15 to 16 named storms, with nine becoming hurricanes and four to five becoming major hurricanes. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through Nov. 30, with peak activity from July through September.
The main climate factors influencing this year’s Eastern Pacific outlook are the atmospheric conditions that have decreased hurricane activity over the Eastern Pacific Ocean since 1995 – and the fact that El Niño has faded.
“La Niña is becoming increasingly likely, which further raises the chance of a below-normal season for the Eastern Pacific region,” said Gerry Bell, Ph.D., lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
The outlook is a general guide to the overall seasonal hurricane activity. It does not predict whether, where or when any of these storms may hit land.
Eastern Pacific tropical storms most often track westward over open waters, sometimes reaching Hawaii and beyond. However, some occasionally head toward the northeast and may bring rainfall to the arid southwestern United States during the summer months. Also, during any given season, two to three tropical storms can affect western Mexico or Central America. Residents, businesses and government agencies of coastal and near-coastal regions should always prepare prior to each and every hurricane season regardless of the seasonal hurricane outlook.Post from: Baja Weather
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7.2 quake 20 miles out of Mexicali
Posted: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:14:27 +0000
A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Mexico-California border on Sunday, killing at least one person as it rocked buildings and panicked residents from Tijuana to Los Angeles. One person died when a house in Mexicali collapsed, Alfredo Escobedo, director of emergency services in Baja California state, Mexico. He said others were reported trapped in elevators, retaining walls had collapsed in some places and electricity was out in several parts of the state. The relatively shallow quake was centered in a lightly populated area in northeastern Baja California near the city of Mexicali on the U.S. border, knocking out power in chunks of the city and cutting off most phone communications. A series of aftershocks rocked the area around the epicenter, 30 miles to the southeast of Mexicali and close to the town of Guadalupe Victoria.
The U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, originally measured the quake as 6.9 but later raised it to 7.2, a magnitude that can cause serious damage to urban areas. It also revised the depth of the quake to 6.2 miles from 20 miles. Mexicali, home to roughly a million people, is a prosperous city and a busy border crossing with the United States. Local industry is mainly agriculture, food processing plants and assembly-for-export plants. An empty multistory parking garage under construction in Mexicali collapsed and broken gas pipes sparked a number of fires, Baja California civil protection official Eduardo Sandoval told Mexican radio. He had no reports of casualties.
In Tijuana, about 135 miles away from the epicenter, a witness said the quake visibly jolted cars in a parking lot and shook a computer on her desk. A highway between Tijuana and Mexicali was badly damaged, civil protection officials said.Devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile this year have left many people nervous across tremor-prone Latin America.
Some neighborhoods of San Diego reported minor structural damage and burst water pipes and callers to local radio said the rolling tremor made it hard to keep vehicles on the road.
“This was by far in recent memory the biggest jolt to our area,” said a commentator on local San Diego radio station. People in Los Angeles, some 200 miles northwest of the epicenter, felt buildings swaying. “I’m shaking like a leaf … the pool water was just going everywhere,” said Jean Nelson in Indio, California, outside Palm Springs, about 120 miles from the epicenter.
Southern California with its many active faults is prone to frequent quakes, and many residents fearfully anticipate the next big one. The last to cause major damage was the 6.7 magnitude Northridge quake in 1994 that left 57 dead, injured 9,000 and resulted in about $40 billion in property damage.
The quake struck at 3:40 p.m. Pacific time (6:40 p.m. EDT).
Multiple aftershocks included a 5.1 shock centered near the U.S.-Mexico border in Imperial, California.Post from: Baja Weather
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7.2 aftershock in Chile
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:21:00 +0000
The USGS, U.S. Geological Survey – a source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment reports a 7.2 aftershock from Chile. Exact location: Liberator O’higgins, 34.290°S, 71.950°W, which is about 150 km away from Santiago, Chile.
O-ton NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center: “A strong earthquake has occurred – at 6:40 AM Pacific Standard Time on March 11, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.2 occurred near the coast of central Chile – but a tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska coast. NO tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for these areas. Based on the earthquake magnitude and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts. At coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking, local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides.”More info: Magnitude 7.2 – LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE 2010 March 11 14:39:48 UTC
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