Will Hurricane Blanca give California some well needed

[malaise]

rain


http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP2+shtml/022031.shtml

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Depends on the track

might be used to cancel the elections of Sunday 7 in Baja

[WillyT]

3. Yes It Does...

We'll see...

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. AHHHRGGGHHH

will be at the southernmost end.

Quick and dirty. Actually need to ask a few folks if things are getting hairy in Mexico City.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026770089

[malaise]

9. Baja will be a mess on Sunday

for sure although it might lose some of the steam

[HooptieWagon]

2. Too far away to tell.

It's making a bee line for Cabo San Lucas. It seems like they usually drift a bit west of the projected track though. Cabo and Baja got hit pretty hard last year.

[malaise]

6. That's the worry

Let's hope it keeps more North than West

[yuiyoshida]

4. Gosh I hope so!

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. I'll take NO for $2000 Alex. n/t

[bigwillq]

8. I hope so (nt)

[malaise]

10. Don't we all

[kentauros]

11. Probably not...

Andres Becomes the Farthest West Major Hurricane on Record for May in the NE Pacific

Even though I know you're talking about Blanca, I think the above graphic tells enough of a story to cover both storms.

A better possibility is that whatever remnants there are of Blanca will go over Mexico, and maybe into Texas, but more likely just dissipate, without much influence even on the Gulf.

Also, as we have seen firsthand what happens when a drought is ended by torrential rains, you might not be wishing for a hurricane...

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. I have not personally looked at the projections

but our weather people today were speaking of some rain in San Diego. I took them with the same everest sized grain of salt as you have. Now I have to go look at my predictive tools.

Chance of rain (40%) by next Wednesday. As I expected. my local news folks are trying to make the drought more tolerable. I prefer to have the facts.

Of course that long range forecast, we do better by throwing darts at a map.

[kentauros]

14. I haven't looked at the far outlook for y'all.

I recall you and others mentioning that the next winter will be when you get an easing of your drought. One of the pages on Dr. Masters' blog showed a drought map where the Pacific north west would be (or is) in a severe drought like we just went through.

Figure 3. Seasonal predictions from the National Weather Service (June-August) showing where the odds are leaning for temperature (left) and precipitation (right). “EC” denotes equal chances of above- or below-average conditions. Image credit: NWS/Weather Prediction Center.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Yup, the El Nino is getting stronger

And if we get torrential rains... I will need to get mooring lines on the jeep

Our weather pattern seems to be back to normal may haze june gloom

[kentauros]

16. Here are some ideas to make your jeep more sea-worthy:

[malaise]

17. Blanca sure is stronger this morning

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/east-pacific/2015/hurricane-Blanca

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Cat 4 what they expect when it reaches landfall

[zappaman]

13. Unfortunately it won't help our drought.

And the latest on El Niño is it might just bring colder weather and not the precipitation we hoped for.
But who knows?

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. Here in the San Berdoo National Forest we're hoping for a serious monsoon season.

Not only would it help the lake; it would also alleviate some of the bark beetle problem.

Fingers crossed.

[malaise]

20. Just look at Blanca all 140mph

[AtomicKitten]

21. Where in California?

It's humiditer, er humidity'er, er ? than shit here in SF today.

I wish it would either rain or .... not. It just feels like it is imminent. Ugh.

[malaise]

22. Well most likely South or South West

but I'm sure all of you would take anywhere - rooting for some California rain.

[AtomicKitten]

23. Yes, let it rain.

We need to make up for the 49 million gallons of H20 those knuckleheads released from the dam in Fremont into the Bay.