Hurricane Season

A couple more days to go (15th) to more or less mark the beginning of another season. We don't expect any weather on that day or anytime soon. Heck, we haven't had any rain for months. 

In 2016, for the Pacific coast, Mexico’s National Meteorological Service (Servicio Metrológico Nacional, SMN) is expecting 17 named storms: 8 tropical storms, 5 moderate hurricanes (1 or 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale), and 4 severe hurricanes (3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale).

Hurricane Hunter making the rounds

May 15th is the start of the Pacific season

They are in Cabo right now and should be in Vallarta next week. Shortly after that they'll be at the Manzanillo airport (ZLO). They have an open house in each city they visit .... but we went a few years ago and the line was a mile long and mostly in the sun. 

That plane flew through the heart of Hurricane Patricia last year and recorded it as the most powerful on record. Just over a month for the Pacific season to start and Atlantic starts the 1st of June.

Smell that rain

Tropical Depression One-E Has Formed; The First System of the 2015 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season

Tropical Depression One-E has formed about 685 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.

Tropical Depression One-E is expected to strengthen to a tropical storm soon, and a hurricane Friday.

Rapid intensification - an increase in sustained winds of 30 knots or more in 24 hours or less - is possible over the next day or so, due to low wind shear and warm sea-surface temperatures.

Once it strengthens into a tropical storm it will receive the name, Andres.

This system will likely remain well off the Mexican coast, eventually weakening over colder water early next week.

High surf appears to be the most likely indirect impact along the Baja peninsula, including Cabo San Lucas, this weekend into early next week.

The First System of the 2015 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season

Had a nice rain this morning and expect quite a bit more through the weekend

May 15th in Mexico - 15 de Mayo en Mexico

May 15th in Mexico - 15 de Mayo en Mexico

Dia del Maestros - Teachers Day

No school Friday and no bus driving

First day of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season 

La temporada de huracanes iniciará el 15 Mayo

It's raining north and south of us but only partly cloudy here with no sign of precipitation. Humidity is really creeping up

Al mismo tiempo, funcionarios de la Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua), dieron a conocer que este año se espera una temporada de huracanes muy intensa, por arriba del promedio histórico en el Océano Pacífico por lo prevén mucha lluvia para esta región.

La Conagua en su primer cálculo de la temporada de ciclones para este año, pronostica 19 ciclones para el Pacífico, de los cuales, 8 serán tormentas tropicales, 11 huracanes moderados y 4 intensos, por lo que las autoridades ya están tomando las precauciones del caso por tanta actividad ciclónica en las costas del Pacífico Mexicano.