Monthly Archives: July 2011

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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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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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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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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