Tropical Storm Polo Forms South-Southeast of Acapulco

 by Murry Page

17 Sep 14  

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Tropical Storm Polo, the sixteenth named storm of a busy eastern Pacific hurricane season, formed Tuesday several hundred miles south-southeast of Acapulco, México. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 kph) and the National Hurricane Center said that strengthening is possible during the next 24 hours. Polo could become a hurricane by Thursday, September 18.

Polo is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph (19 kph) and is expected to continue over the next two days, paralleling the coast of southwestern México.

Tropical storm watches are in effect from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero in the south to Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco in the north where tropical storm conditions are possible beginning on Wednesday. Tropical storm-force winds extend out about 80 miles from the center of Polo.

So far the 2014 hurricane season has seen 16 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 7 major hurricanes. This season has now surpassed an entire average season (15, 8, and 3). If Polo intensifies to a major hurricane, then Polo would tie the 1992 season for the most Category 3 or stronger hurricanes for any eastern Pacific season.

(from Insurance Journal)

Hawaii Miss, But Something Brewing In Mexico

Julio, the Part II of our twin hurricanes veered to the north and will thankfully not make landfall in Hawaii. If you click on the link below it will update and show Julio passing by the Islands right about now.

In the meantime another tropical disturbance from the Cradle of Storms is developing in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. That's off the Mexico's most southern border with Guatemala, and you'll see what we're talking about way over in the lower right hand corner of the photo from the link.

No name yet of course, and not a lot of organization at this time. However it appears the track on this storm will mirror the classic Northwest direction Mexico's storms are famous for.  Now add in the fact that direction is right at our unusually warm Mexico waters...as in fuel for the beast!

I'll let you know if this actually develops into a tropical storm or hurricane, and if so how and where it might affect Mazatlan.

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Strong Winds Cause Damage, Power Outages

by Maureen Dietrich

25 Jul 14  

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The storm registered winds up to 80 kilometers per hour.

At approximately 2am Thursday morning Mazatlán found itself in the path of an unexpected thunderstorm with accompanying winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour.

Wind downed signs and billboards throughout the city.

The rain and wind, a result of a low pressure which formed in Nayarit, left 11,000 people without electricity and knocked out traffic signals throughout the city, downed billboards and trees, broke glass windows in the central bus station and in one case, tore the roof off a home in Colonia Urías.

Roof top water tinacos lined a street in El Centro.

CFE personnel reported power outages in 82 sectors of the city, including Infonavit Playas, Colonia Sánchez Celís, El Cid, El Toreo, Zona Dorada, Lomas de Mazatlán, Hacienda de las Cruces and Sábalo Country.

A family woke to find wind had torn away their roof in Colonia Urías.

By 10:40am power was restored to most areas. But in the meantime, families moved chairs outside their homes onto sidewalks to escape the oppressive heat when air conditioners and fans fell silent during the seven hour power outage. 

(from Noroeste)

Rain from TS Élida a Double-Edged Sword

by Maureen Dietrich

2 Jul 14

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Av. La Marina was closed when water rose over the walls of the pluvial canal onto the street.

Tropical storm Élida brought much needed rain to the municipality yesterday when over 80 millimeters of a combination of heavy and light rain accompanied by thunderstorms blew through the city early yesterday morning and again at noon.

The downpour cooled temperatures in the port, a relief from two months of daily 35ºC heat, and refreshed sunburned green areas.

The welcome rain, however, also caused heavy flooding forcing civil protection to close Av. La Marina in Fraccionamieto El Toreo where water rose over the walls of the pluvial canal onto the street. Heavily travelled intersections at Av. Rafael Buelna and Av. La Marina, Av. Camarón Sábalo at Cruz Lizarraga and Av. Reforma between Insurgentes and Leonismo Internacional in Fraccionamiento Flamigos were also closed to traffic due to severe flooding.

The heavy rain brought cool relief and smiles to some.

Students from primary schools “Chamizal” in Colonia Reforma and “Ricardo Flores Magnon” were sent home when classrooms were inundated with rising water.

High waves and choppy seas prompted Port Captain Gustavo Gómez Rangel to cancel tours by catamarans and sightseeing boats and recommended panga fishermen stay home to prevent incidents.

According to the National Meteorological Service, Sinaloa could see between 75 and 150 millimeters of rain before Tropical Storm Élida dissipates tomorrow.

 (from Noroeste)

Rain Predicted from Tropical Storm “Élida”

by Maureen Dietrich

30 Jun 14 

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Élida, the fifth named tropical storm in the Mexican Pacific this season, is forecasted to bring rain in the range of 5 to 25 millimeters to Mazatlán today and for the next few days.

The National Civil Protection System issued a blue alert for southern Sinaloa but it is expected the heaviest impact of the storm will be felt from Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán to Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco.

Tropical storm Élida, presently located 125 kilometers south of Manzanillo, is recording sustained winds of 85kpm with gusts up to 100kpm. (from Noroeste)

First Tropical Depression Could Form by Tomorrow

by Maureen Dietrich

6 May 14 

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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)