Hurricane Sergio Track to Shift Toward U.S. Southwest
Hurricane Sergio continues churning as a large, Category 3 storm in the Pacific, but it’s what Sergio is forecast to do as a tropical storm late next week that has forecasters keeping a close watch on the storm.
The latest forecast models and storm predictions track Sergio to the east as a tropical storm, making landfall across Baja California, Mexico and tracking up through the U.S. Southwest as a heavy rain maker. Sergio’s path would be similar to Hurricane Rosa’s, which caused flooding across the Desert Southwest earlier this week.
Hurricane Sergio, currently with winds of 125 miles per hour after reaching Category 4 strength two days ago, continues moving away from Mexico and the U.S. West Coast, but that’s expected to change in the coming days. The weather pattern is predicted to turn Sergio back to the East, toward land.
“A shortwave trough swinging across the Baja California peninsula will bypass Sergio during the day, leaving a weakness in the ridge that will allow the hurricane to begin making a sharp northward and then northeastward turn during the next 24-72 hours,” the National Hurricane Center said Saturday, in its latest forecast update. “Another shortwave trough forecast to dig southward off the California coast will then cause Sergio to accelerate northeastward on days 4 and 5.”
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Doing my rain dance now!!
Soak the Colorado basin and fill Powell and Lake Mead (yes, I know one storm won't undo years of drought)
Lake Mead hasn't been this low since it was filling after it was built.
Before 9/11 trucks could drive across the top of Hoover Dam. I've been across it when the lake was all the way to the top of these intake towers;
