Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Tropical Alert: TS Polo forms off the coast of Mexico, could potentially affect SW Baja; Serious Flash Flooding possible for the Southwest US from the remaints of Odile.

"Marco! Polo!" Tropical Storm Polo formed recently off the coast of Mexico. The information from the Hurricane Hunters as of 2 PM PDT is that Polo is located 13.2 N, 100.4 W; Maximum Sustained Winds are 45 MPH; Winds are gusting to 60 MPH; Movement is to the NW at 10 MPH; and the Minimum Pressure is 1002 mb.
Here is the track for Polo, as you can see, the track for Polo will take it very close to Baja, where they have been affected by Odile yesterday. It looks like the center of the storm may remain off the coast but they may get in the outer edge of Polo.
Here are the wind profiles for Polo. The Arrows are representing where it will head to.
Now onto the Flooding from the Remnants of Odile:
The Remnants of Odile won't affect the US Mainland until Wednesday Night/Thursday Morning. Some of the latter GFS Computer Data indicating that Portions of Texas and Oklahoma may be impacted by Odile closer to the weekend.
Rainfall estimates may be as high as 6" for Arizona and New Mexico.
Here are the 72 Hour Rainfall Totals.

 
 
 

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