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Tropical Storm Patricia is heading to Los Cabos

by patgarcia | October 12, 2009 at 06:29 am

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Update Tuesday 13th.

Tropical storm Patricia is advancing slowly, schools are closed today, ironically weather conditions in La Paz were worst yesterday when children were attending school. Heavy Cloud formations from the storm are not above the bay of La Paz right now, but they are very close to Cabo, where cruise itineraries have been changed due to the storm. It has also been reported the storm has spread rain in the southern part of U.S.A.

Forecasters says Tropical Storm Patricia, which formed earlier this week south of Cabo San Lucas, could reach the vicinity of the popular cruise ship port by early Wednesday.

One ship in the region, Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas, already has switched course to avoid the storm. The 3,114-passenger vessel will spend today at sea instead of visiting Cabo San Lucas. Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez tells USA TODAY the Mariner is reversing its itinerary for the week and instead will visit Cabo San Lucas on Friday after stops in Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta.

Tropical Storm Patricia is turning near the Bahia of California along Mexico's west coast. While it is in the Pacific Ocean, it is providing rain for the eastern half of the nation. The upper level winds are taking this moisture into the southern planes and southeast.

Update: Authorities announced schools will be closed tomorrow.

Tropical storm Patricia is not expected to become a hurricane, but its center is expected to brush the tip of the Baja California peninsula near Cabo San Lucas on Tuesday afternoon. It then is expected to track to the west and weaken.

Patricia, which at 11 a.m. Monday was 245 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, will deliver heavy rain and wind gusts to about 60 knots. The Mexican government has issued a Tropical Storm watch extending north just past La Paz.

This morning we awakened to the sound of heavy rain caused by ¨Patricia¨ a tropical storm named just like me. It has really not been windy at all just constant rain which is good for the natural refilling of aquifer mantels. It will touch the south of the Peninsula this time not the northern part like previous hurricane ¨Jimena¨ did, causing several damages in the homes of people in Cd. Constitución, Mulege, San Carlos and Santa Rosalia.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday that Tropical Storm Patricia has strengthened out in the Pacific, hundreds of miles off Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Forecasters at the Miami center said at 5 a.m. EDT Monday that Patricia's center was located 305 miles south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California.

Patricia was moving toward the north-northwest at about 7 mph Monday. The center said maximum sustained winds were near 45 mph and more strengthening was expected in the next day or so.

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Amy Judd

at 11:22 on October 12th, 2009

Hope it doesn't get too bad!

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at 06:24 on October 13th, 2009

Very good weather report.

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