August 31, 2007
SPECIAL BAJAINSIDER TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE
AT 9PM THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO
HAS POSTED A HURRICANE WARNINGS AND WATCH
FOR MOST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR
HURRICANE JIMENA IS A DANGEROUS
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE FORECAST TO MAKE
LANDFALL AS A MAJOR HURRICANE EARLY WEDNESDAY. PREPARATIONS FOR HURRICANE
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN WARNING AREAS.
Dear Baja Insider Subscriber:
Here is the 9AM release from the National Hurricane Center and the Mexican Government:
HURRICANE
WARNINGS ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
AT 9AM MDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE HURRICANE WATCH TO A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA
FROM BAHIA MAGDALENA SOUTHWARD ON THE WEST COAST...AND FROM SAN EVARISTO
SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST... INCLUDING CABO SAN LUCAS.
A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
AT 9AM MDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF BAHIA MAGDALENA ON THE WEST COAST TO
PUNTA ABREOJOS AND NORTH OF SAN EVARISTO TO MULEGE ON THE EAST COAST. A
HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND IN WESTERN
MAINLAND MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JIMENA.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
The BajaInsider advises that all residents of Baja California Sur calmly move all preparation to completion for hurricane conditions. Forecasts for previous storm from this region such as Hurricane John, also predicted landfall of a Major Hurricane and delivered a Category 2. However, if forecasts do hold and Jimena makes landfall as a Category 4, it will be the most powerful storm ever to make landfall on Baja.
THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF JIMENA WILL REACH CABO SAN LUCAS AFTER NOON TODAY. THE PACIFIC COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE MOST POWERFUL NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH. RESIDENTS OF BAJA SUR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER BEGINNING LATER TODAY.
We will of course, be hoping for the best for all residents of the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur.
Click here for more on Hurricane Jimena
Therefore, we hope all of our readers here in Baja will make ready for our storm conditions with an additional aire of readiness, assist your friends and neighbors and stay safe. Remember, tangible possessions are not worth your life. Evacuations of areas to be struck by a Category 3 or 4 are HIGHLY recommended by anyone who has been through a Major Hurricane. Major Hurricanes are a totally different game than the 1's and 2's we usually experience here in Baja Sur.
We will be updating our information every two hours or as more information is released from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Additional Insider Updates will be released as Watches and Warnings change.
Stay in touch with the BajaInsider, with the only on the scene coverage from Baja California Sur, as long as the power holds out...
The
BajaInsider Team
Tropical Weather Alert
Government
and Emergency Phone Contact for Baja
We have begun compiling a list of important numbers for those who live
and travel in Baja. With your help we can help this valuable resource to
our readers grow more complete.
Post
and Read Storm Reports from Readers Like You!
If you live in the path of Hurricane Jimena we ALL would like to hear
from you. Easily post the conditions in your part of Baja or read from other
Insiders, just what is happening around our state. We will send you an
address for your photos when you write us.
Baja California Road
Report
Following the passage of a hurricane, roads around Baja suffer. We look to
our readers to help us update the road conditions from a first hand
perspective for the safety of all. Make your road report here and remember
Mucho Ojo!
Hurricane
Jimena
Forecast
updates from the National Hurricane Center in Miami are released every 6
hours at 9 and 3 o'clock. Intermediate updates are issued at 1o'clock and 5
o'clock. We will post the most current information as quickly as possible
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