Hurricane Odile: Huge Threat for Baja! And Invest 92L Forms in the Gulf, Will it Impact the US?

First let's talk about Hurricane Odile, a Category 2 storm with winds at last report of 110 MPH, gusting to 135 MPH, making it a Category 2-3 type storm. The latest cone track from the National Hurricane Center has this storm heading for the western portion of Baja California Sur. Winds may go as high as 125 MPH, gusting to 155 MPH by Sunday Afternoon at 5 PM PDT. Making it a Category 3. It should start to get closer to Cabo San Lucas and Baja California Sur between Sunday Night and into Monday. By the time it gets west of Cabo San Lucas, Winds will have already died down to 115 MPH, with 140 MPH Gusts. Not as bad as 125 MPH, but still serious. Hurricane Warnings already in place for the Southern Tip of Baja California Sur. This storm should begin to decrease in intensity once it reaches Baja California (The Northern Half of Baja) and by that time it'll have died down to Tropical Storm Strength; 50 MPH, gusting to 65 MPH. We should expect to see this die down by Wednesday.

Here is the Track for Odile from the National Hurricane Center.

 

Here's another view of the path, this time showing the wind profiles.

Now for Invest 92L.

The storm at this time is NOT a hurricane or tropical system. It is simply a disturbance of Thunderstorms off the coast of Miami.

Here is the satellite imagery of Invest 92L. Courtesy of Wunderground.com

At this current time, some of the models have this storm heading to Extreme Southern Texas and others have it moving to Northern Mexico.

We will have to wait and see what will prevail from Invest 92L. There is the possibility that this storm may strengthen in the gulf considering the waters are so warm.

 

TWNS and our mass team of experts will be here watching both of these storms for you.