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Not at all sure how I missed this feature, but I have now added a search box to the sidebar so you can easily search the blog for past items that interest you. I tested it and it seems to work well.

Enjoy!

Eastern Pacific 2011 Hurricane Forecast Including Todos Santos

On May 19, NOAA release their forecast for the 2011 Eastern Pacific Hurricane season – this includes Todos Santos and Baja California Sur. Here’s a quick quote:

Climate patterns similar to those expected this year have historically produced a wide range of activity. Allowing for uncertainties, we estimate a 70% chance of occurrence for each of the following ranges of activity this season:

• 9-15 named storms,
• 5-8 hurricanes,
• 1-3 major hurricanes,
• An ACE range 45%-105% of the median.

The seasonal activity is expected to fall within these ranges in 7 out of 10 seasons with similar climate conditions and uncertainties to those expected this year. They do not represent the total possible ranges of activity seen in past similar years.

The 1981-2010 averages for the eastern Pacific hurricane season are 15-16 named storms, 8-9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes.

2011 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Forecast Link 

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Tropical Storm Adrian

Well, from INVEST to depression to tropical storm. Adrian has been born. Looks like he won’t come close to Todos Santos but he continues to affect our weather pattern, warmer and more humid. Not hot but it shouldn’t be yet.

Check out more info below from Weather Underground:

Tropical Storm Adrian 

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Summer Is Creeping Up On Todos Santos

Tropical weather season has finally arrived for real. Our hurricane season starts May 15 but here in Todos Santos we usually don’t see real storm threats until August at the earliest. There are of course exceptions, but that is the norm.

What does happen though is way south of us, areas of disturbed tropical nature occur and they do affect our temps and humidity. On Sunday past, the weather was a bit warmer and muggier than it had been. Saturday night didn’t get as cool as Friday night. A quick check on the web and lo and behold, INVEST 91, a tropical area of disturbed weather that could possibly become a depression. Ah that’s why it warmed up.

Monday the trend continued. Nights were 6-7 F warmer. Days a bit muggy. Ugh. Too soon for summer heat. The INVEST 91 was still there.

This morning, Tuesday, the INVEST 91 had become a tropical depression. It was definitely warmer this morning, 77 F in my house compared to 70 F a few days before.

View more on Tropical Depression One-E at Weather Underground.

With any luck at all, temps and humidity will return to normal once this storm fades. However, the changes from the next storm could stay, i.e. warmer temps and higher humidity. That’s the way it works here, we get discrete jumps of 5 F that stick. Happens 2-3 times and then WHAM! Summer is here.

So enjoy the beautifully cool weather while we have it. It is certain not to last.

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My Sweet Mexico – The Cookbook

Mexico has a sweet tooth. Anyone who lives here soon learns this fact. The downsides are many including an incredibly overweight populace and high incidence of diabetes.

The dessert dishes however are heavenly. Fany Gerson’s new cookbook, My Sweet Mexico, attempts to preserve older recipes that are disappearing due to lack of interest.

You can read about her new cookbook at the link below.

My Sweet Mexico

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Viagra Is Huge In Mexico

This one isn’t that surprising if you noticed all the signs outside of local Mexican pharmacies hawking Viagra and Cialis for sale. Mexico loves its Viagra so much that Pfizer decided to introduce Viagra Jet, a pill that can be taken right before needed, in Mexico first.

Viagra In Mexico

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