Baja California has Weather for Ghosts and Goblins

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/31/07 Happy Halloween. It will be a typical Fall day throughout Baja. A Low (yellow arrow) moving from CA to AZ will bring persistent clouds to Baja California while Baja Sur will enjoy beautiful clear skies. Temps in Baja California will be in the mid 60's today while Baja Sur will be in the upper 80's. Winds will pick up from the NW as a series of Highs (green arrow) move SSE from Idaho and Washington. SE running ridges are expected to develop east and wexst of Baja channeling the winds down the Sea of Cortez. Winds to 15kts are forecast in the next 24-36hrs. The southern Sea is expected to build to waves of 3'. This should all subside by the weekend

 

 

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Clear Skies for Baja California While Baja Sur Smells Smoke from California Fires

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/26/07 Baja will enjoy more wonderful Fall weather, clear skies and seasonable temperatures. Baja Sur will reach the low 90's and Baja California the low 70's. This is good news for the fire fighters battling the blazes on the southern side of the border as well as those in California. If you thought you smelled smoke in Baja Sur yesterday, it's possible it came from San Diego. The counter clockwise rotation of the Low (yellow arrow) was bringing some of the smoke that blew out to sea from SoCal earlier in the week. Down south a Low (green arrow) is Dissipating and a High is over Mexico City. There is a Low (magenta arrow) just east of our map that has some chance for tropical cyclone development in the Caribbean, as it heads NNW toward the Yucatan. There are a few more tropical waves headed toward us, arriving early next week. Although Baja is pretty much clear of a cyclone threat, the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season runs through November 30. .

 

 

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Baja California Peninsula get Beautiful Fall Day

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/25/07 The Baja Peninsula will enjoy a perfect Fall day today. In Baja California Skies will be clear and temps in the low to mid 70's°'F. Baja Sur will also enjoy clear skies and temperatures near 87°. Winds will continue to be light through Saturday evening. We are expecting another norther to blow late in the weekend. There is a weak Low (yellow arrow) at the north end of The Sea and a High (blue arrow) over the mainland. Winds should be light from the NE today in the southern Sea. Great news for the Bisbee fishermen. . .

 

 

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NASA's Latest Fire Pictures on Threat Level

The latest satellite photos of the California and Baja California fires as published on Wired Magazines blog

NASA's Latest Fire Pictures on Threat Level

Baja Fires affecting travel and business

Baja fires are affefcting travel and business. I personally have freight being held up at the US Mexico Border and know of several other businesses that are experiencing importation problems as the border crossing area has been evacuated in some areas. The Paseos del Las Americas area, in Otay Mesa where a lot of the freight forwarding and customs brokers are, has been basically closed or slowed down for the last few days.

As you can see here on a Google fire map Northern Baja is being affected by the fires as well as San Diego and to the north. Be advised to check roads and boarder crossings before heading south for the San Diego, Tijuana, Otay Mesa and Tecate borders.

One of 2 Baja fires burns parts of Tecate-area spa

There are two fires that are a blaze in Baja California as reported on saignonsandiego.com They have contained the Tecate fire as of yesterday afternoon but the fire in Ensenada is still un controled at this time.


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Strong Winds to Continue in the Sea of Cortez and Baja California

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/23/07 Tropical Depression Kiko (magenta arrow) is now about 360 miles SW of Cabo San Lucas and moving west. Kiko is expected to degenerate into a tropical Low later today. Winds will continue today shifting to the NE to 25kts in the Sea of Cortez. Winds may slack tomorrow. The winds in Baja Sur could continue and even intensify again Thursday. Looking at the animated surface chart forecast a strong High to develop over the mainland and a weak low will develop off the central pacific coast of Baja. This could generate very strong winds from the east to north-northeast with a 20Mb pressure difference by Thursday. .

 

 

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Tropical Storm Kiko to Pass Harmlessly South of Baja California Sur

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/22/07 Tropical Storm Kiko (magenta arrow) is now about 250 miles SSE of Cabo San Lucas and moving west by northwest. The forecasts call for TS Kiko to continue to weaken throughout the forecast period and pass about 200 miles south of Cabo San Lucas tonight. A cluster of strong Highs off our map to the north (blue arrow) are providing us with compressed isobars (yellow arrow) on the east side of The Sea. Opposed to the lower tropical pressures there is a difference of 30Mb. The Sea will have winds to 25kts today from the NE and waves will build to 6' in the southern Sea. Temperatures in Baja California will be below normal in the upper 60's to low 70's while Baja Sur will have winds and seasonal temperatures. A storm is developing in the Tehuantepec but is not expected to develop cyclonic action. Baja Sur experienced another small quake over the weekend. A 4.0 magnitude quake struck near El Triunfo at 9:48AM local time Sunday. .

 

 

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Tropical Storm Kiko Turns to Threaten Baja California Sur

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09PM MDT 10/18/07 Tropical Storm Kiko (magenta arrow) continues to amaze forecasters and now the predicted storm track has a strong Category 1 Hurricane passing just south of Cabo San Lucas on Tuesday. Kiko will remain over very warm water through the 4 day forecast period and is expected to strengthen to become the most powerful tropical cyclone to threaten Baja this season. However, intensity and track forecasts for Kiko have literally been 'all over the map'  so we will be following the progress of this storm through the weekend. Baja Sur could certainly use more rain, but overnight low temps and the drop of humidity in the last two weeks would seem to preclude a tropical cyclone landfall. Previously, the latest tropical cyclone to make landfall in Baja was TS Olivia which made landfall on Oct 13, 1967

 

 

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Tropical Storm Kiko Churns North Toward Baja California Sur

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/17/07 Tropical Storm Kiko (magenta arrow) is wandering NNE some 550 miles south of Cabo San Lucas. Intensity forecasts now indicate the storm will increase in intensity some, but fall short of hurricane status. The system is forecast to move just north of the Socorro Islands by Monday. It remains unlikely that Baja will receive more than overcast or light showers should the storm move in our direction. The air mass over Baja Sur is now too cold and too dry to support cyclonic activity. Off the Pacific coast our isobars (yellow arrow) are stacking up and winds should increase in that region from the WNW. We have one tropical wave on our chart (orange arrow) which may catch up with Kiko by this weekend. Upper level winds are increasing (note blurred cloud tops) and may end Kiko sooner than expected.

 

 

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Ball Park Cabo

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Ball Park Cabo

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Where is the "Ball Park" in Cabo San Lucas?

Clear Skies and Lower Humidity come to Baja California Weather

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/09/07 Another beautiful early fall day here in most of the Baja Peninsula today. Clear skies, slightly cooler temps and lower humidity will make this a great day to get outdoors. Down south there are two trofs (orange and yellow arrows) but no tropical waves. A large area of thunderstorms is near Cabo Corrientes moving SW. A stationary Low (magenta arrow) is close to the Yucatan, but no longer expected to form a tropical cyclone.

 

 

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Juliette breaks up leaving only clouds for Baja California

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/02/07 Juliette has been downgraded to a tropical depression west of Baja California Sur. The trailings will bring partly cloudy skies to parts of Baja California today. Baja California Sur will enjoy clear skies and seasonable temperatures. Down south we have one tropical wave (orange arrow) stirring up some activity in some thunderstorms (blue arrow) but no development is expected at this time.

 

 

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Tropical Storm Juliette Runs Out of Steam West of Baja California

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MDT 10/30/07 Tropical Storm Juliette (magenta arrow) continues to parallel the Baja Sur coast some 360 miles WSW of Cabo San Lucas. The system will move over cooler waters today and dissipate by Thursday. Spin-off from the storm (yellow arrow) will bring clouds and the threat of some light rain to central and northern Baja. Baja California Sur will enjoy clear skies and seasonable temperatures. Down south we have one tropical wave (orange arrow) and some thunderstorms (blue arrow) we will be watching over the next 36hrs.

 

 

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