Tropical Storm Agatha

The first named Eastern Pacific storm of the year and another developing right behind it. Both are way east and almost north so at most we'll get a little rain. Rain is way overdue though we did get about two inches a few nights ago. The rain must have brought a good wind with it because my wheelbarrow inside the garage had water in it.

It's pool time again

Nahima y mom

Water was nice

Or at least I made it so by putting up the pool again.  The fotos were today but Nahima even wanted to play in it yesterday with only a foot of water. Street water last night filled it about half way and I pumped a bunch out of the cistern in the morning.  2-3 young girls heard about it and they want to come over later.  Looks like my pool will be the center of attention for another summer.

About a month more until Eastern Pacific hurricane season starts which means anything can happen after that. The storm season drama will start then and in the mean time we'll enjoy the pool and hopefully for months after.

Hurricane Sandra now a CAT 4

Watch out Baja and Mazatlan - maybe eventually Texas

So far here only overcast for two days and a very light rain this morning. This late season activity is caused by a very strong El Niño which is also strengthened by Global Warming. You Global Warming deniers like most of the US GOP candidates can leave your heads in the sand but don't come crying to me when your life is seriously disrupted. 

Sandra became the latest major hurricane on record to form in the central/eastern Pacific or Atlantic oceans Wednesday afternoon. 

There have now been nine major hurricanes in the eastern Pacific this year, a record for the basin.

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.

13 to 2 and a big one

Hurricane Marie makes the 13th named storm in the Eastern Pacific this year while the Atlantic has had only 2 so far.  It does look like Invest 96L near Cuba has a chance to be storm number 3.

Marie is closer than any storm in the last 2 months as they have been forming well off shore and head almost directly west.  It is totally overcast here right now and from the radar we may get some rain from the outer bands. Most all all our rain has come from convection current activity where moisture blows in from the ocean or up the coast a little and runs into the mountains. It hasn't been the late afternoon Tropical rains like Hawaii .... but has been anytime of day or night with lots of thunder and lightning.

The following day - Sunday

Catagory 4 going to a Cat 5 tonight

Glad she didn't come near us