Meteorologist Predicts Cold Winter for Mazatlán

 by Maureen Dietrich

20 Nov 14  

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On Tuesday this week, the minimum temperature recorded was 17ºC.

Mazatlán is experiencing one of the coldest autumns in the past ten years, indicating a “cruel” winter in terms of cold temperatures said Hugo ugo HNordahl Valdez, head of the local Conagua Meteorological Service.

On Tuesday this week, the minimum temperature recorded was 17ºC which combined with the humidity produced a thermal sensation of between 13ºC and 15ºC.

Nordahl Valdez stated that cold fronts 11 and 12 brought a noticeable drop in temperatures. At the nearest meteorology station to Mazatlán in Santa Bárbara, Durango, temperatures of 6ºC below zero were recorded.

If the intense cold fronts continue, he said, Mazatlán can expect a “very cold” Christmas and even chillier New Year.

In ten days the 2014 hurricane season will end (November 30) and although the possibility of rain is slight, the meteorologist said Mazatlán could experience cloudy days as cold front 12 passes through Sinaloa. 

(from Noroeste)

“Extreme” Hot Temperatures Continue

by Maureen Dietrich

4 Jun 14  

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Yesterday Mazatlecans hid from the sun when the temperature reached 34.3ºC between 2:30pm and 3pm. Combined with the 74 percent humidity, the city wallowed in an heat index of 50ºC.

The city’s minimum temperature of 29ºC was registered at 6am yesterday morning, said meteorologist Hugo Nordahl Valdez.

With no probability of rain in store, Nordahl Valdez advised that beginning Friday this week temperatures could rise higher to 35ºC which combined with humidity and wind could seriously affect the elderly, children, pregnant women and those who are ill. 

(from Noroeste)

Hurricane Amanda Rapidly Weakening Off Mexico

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Posted By: Michele Wright, CBS 12 News Anchor

 
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Amanda rapidly weakened Monday far off Mexico's Pacific coast and was not expected to threaten land.

After starting the day as a powerful category 4 storm, the hurricane had dropped to category 2 by Monday night, with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph (165 kph). That was down from its peak of 155 mph (250 kph) on Sunday, a reading that made Amanda the most powerful May hurricane for the eastern Pacific since the mid-1960s, when reliable records began to be kept.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Amanda was expected to keep weakening quickly over the next few days and likely would be a tropical storm by Wednesday.

The hurricane was centered about 650 miles (1,045 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and was moving north-northwest near 5 mph (7 kph).

While Amanda was forecast to stay out to sea, Mexico's National Meteorological Service said rains associated with the storm could cause drenching rains in western and central Mexico.

Mexico's national civil protection authorities urged people living near the coast to keep an eye out for swelling rivers and potential mudslides in mountainous areas and to listen to broadcasts about the storm's location and possible effects.

The Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15. The Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1.

First Tropical Depression Could Form by Tomorrow

by Maureen Dietrich

6 May 14 

mazmessenger.com

 

The first tropical depression of the 2014 season could form tomorrow due to the presence of a low in the Pacific Ocean, said Hugo Nordahl Valdez of the local meteorological service.

The tropical storm and hurricane season begins officially on May 15, but according to indications between Thursday and Friday a disturbance could form that would evolve into a tropical storm.

The low, forming in the Pacific Ocean 990 kilometers south of Acapulco and 980 kilometers south-southeast of Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, presents the possibility it will become a tropical cyclone and by Wednesday could become the first tropical depression of the season.

Nordahl Valdez said the low pressure system could bring rain from the State of Chiapas up to the State of Jalisco.

 (from Noroeste)