Weather for the Baja California Peninsula
Baja Weather Synopsis
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:37 AM MDT On our Mexico Surface Chart most of the activity is tropical, as Baja is in a very stagnate season of upper air movement. A thermal Low over Yuma Arizona will help draw Pacific moisture inland along the Pacific coast of Baja California. It will keep temperatures the coolest on the peninsula with highs today expected around 75°F/24°C. Inland of course, the call is for HOT. Mexicali will be looking at the 5th straight day over 105°F/40°C with hazy skies. Along the Sea of Cortez, San Felipe will be looking at 94°F/34°C and Bay of LA will have less circulation and temps over 100°F/38°C. In Baja California Sur it will be very warm as well, as the sun reaches nearly directly overhead on Thursday. Our action, what little there is on the Surface Chart, is on our Storm Watch. A weak Low moving along the ITCZ well south of Cabo San Lucas is showing no signs of development. Another Low is moving over the Pan-American Isthmus and had some potential for development yesterday over the Caribbean, when it made it to Tropical Depression status. Now over land, that is about as much as this system will achieve. Stimulated by a broad tropical wave, it will also prove the swan song for the tropical wave, which is also loosing strength. The next tropical wave is moving over the northern portions of South America and may also lose punch before making it to our basin late in the week. A new Low will develop along the southern coast of Mexico, in +29°C waters. Only forecast to deepen to 1007Mb in the three day forecast, this is about the most exciting event on our weather charts today. No tropical cyclone formation is anticipated in the next 48hrs. Winds in the Sea will be light, mostly under 10kts from the WSW shifting to the southwest over the next 72hrs.
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