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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