Dora Passes By Todos Santos Baja

Well, she was one strong hurricane for a while there but the cooler water and wind shears cut Dora down quickly. She’s now a tropical storm and passing south west of Todos Santos. We didn’t get any measurable rain from her, but other areas within 60 miles of here did, so at least the aquifers are refilling.

Right now, 3 pm Todos Santos time, the winds are brisk from the southwest. The whitecaps in the ocean are also from the same direction. The air is hot and the winds are 20-30 mph. It doesn’t feel as humid today as it has the last 3 days but the temps are up.

Maybe we will have a surprise and get some rain yet but it doesn’t look promising at all.

As a footnote, I tried something new with the hurricane graphic posts. I linked directly to Weather Underground instead of capturing the graphic and reposting it. This means as they change the graphic it will also change here – eventually the previous Dora posts will reflect the last graphics posted from Weather Underground. Not sure if I will continue to post graphics this way or not. Comments appreciated.

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Hurricane Dora

Dora the explorer, working her way up the coast of mainland Mexico towards Baja Sur. She’s projected to become Cat 3 and to stay south of Cabo San Lucas and Todos Santos. Depending on how far west she veers, we may or may not get some blustery tropical storm force winds. Dora does seem to be creating rain storms ahead of her progress so we may yet get measurable rain. We need it.

Satellite Image of Hurricane Dora - courtesy Weather Underground

As ever, you can find more info at National Hurricane Center and Weather Underground.

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Tropical Storm (Soon To Be Hurricane) Dora

Well that wonderfully cool weather is gone thanks to Dora. Hot, humid. Scorching in the sun. Almost rained this morning but only sprinkled a little. So close but yet.

Seems that Dora will pass south of us as a hurricane. She’s the 4th named storm of the year and is projected to hit Cat 3 strength before diminishing. With any luck we will avoid the winds but get some rain from her.

From Weather Underground: Tropical Storm Dora 5 Day Forecast

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Todos Santos Baja Weather Oddity!

Really! Overnight lows dropped to about 72F outside and 75F inside my house. That’s a 7F decrease in 24 hours. It is positively cool right now. Brisk N/W breeze and a slight chill to the air. Even more amazing is this temperature change happening in the face of Invest 94 way south of us. FYI, an invest is an area of disturbed weather that could become tropical, i.e. depression/storm/hurricane, in nature.

This is more like a traditional July. Let’s hope it lasts.

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Tropical Storm Calvin

The tropical depression of yesterday turns into our third named storm of the young hurricane season, TS Calvin. He poses no threat to Baja Sur or Todos Santos although our weather is hot and humid and Calvin is certainly a big part of that.

More info at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Calvin

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Summer Is Here In Todos Santos! So Is Another Tropical Storm

All too true – no doubt about it. Summer sneaked in under the radar a few weeks early. Night time lows are now stuck around 78-79F. Clear sunny skies and it’s hot out there during the day. Cafelix has the A/C on now, it’s a great place for a frappe and cool down.

Tropical Depression 3-E is alive and well way south of us with little danger of coming close to us but it’s bound to make it hotter and even more humid around the Todos Santos area. Read more at Weather Underground:

Tropical Depression 3-E

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Another Todos Santos Weather Quickie

The remnants of Arlene continue to dog us. Cloudy nearly all day on July4th. Cloudy that night too. Inside my house temps down to only 79F last night. Humid too. We get enough heat and humidity from Pacific storms. We really don’t need Atlantic ones to cross over and bring even more heat/mugginess.

I guess summer has stealthily snuck in this time. Very different from my 14 previous summers here.

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Quick Todos Santos Weather Update

Happy 4th of July to all of you celebrating today. Here in Baja, it’s just another day although many Americans are having bbqs and pool parties and the Sandbar is having music. Shut Up Franks has reopened and possibly having something special for today too.

The weather – the remnants of Arlene crossed the Mexican mainland and brought low pressure, clouds and humidity to the Pacific. Two days running we have had cloudy nights and mornings here in Todos Santos. Humid too. Daytime indoor temps around 75-78 F and nighttime indoor temps not much different: last night managed 74F.

It tried to rain yesterday morning in Las Tunas but only managed to spit a little. This morning it actually rained for about a short while, getting the dirt wet but not muddy. It wasn’t even enough rain to rinse dust off plants. And the humidity soared so that now, as the sun finally breaks through, it’s hotter and muggier than normal. We could really use a thorough soaking. A Mexican friend told me the local news said we haven’t had measurable rain in over 275 days. Not good.

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Medical Guide For Those Far From Services

This guide is courtesy of the government of the UK. Apparently they believe this info to be essential medical info for people at sea but it also is very applicable to life here in Todos Santos and Baja California Sur in general.

Medical Guide 

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The Weather Is Still Cool In Todos Santos Baja Mexico

Hurricane Beatriz disappeared in record time – she wasn’t around long enough to affect our weather here in Todos Santos. We are still hot in the sun, cool in shade during the day and cool at night. What’s different so far this summer is the nature of the June gloom. We haven’t had the intense marine layer come ashore each morning and bring dripping fog. Instead we are having mostly cloudy nights and mornings. Very odd indeed.

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