Hurricane Jimena

Glad not to be sailing in southern Baja right now.  Currently a category 3, "Jimena" should make landfall in the next 12 hours on the Pacific coast of the Baja peninsula.  It may be the largest hurricane on record to hit Baja California Sur (the last big hurricane was in 1976) according to Bloomberg. Hurricane Katrina was also a category 3 when it made landfall in New Orleans. The brunt of the storm is expected to narrowly miss Cabo San Lucas but will probably make landfall further up the peninsula, in areas with vulnerable communities such as Bahia Magdalena, that Voyage of Kiri plans to visit.

5-15 inches of rain should bring mudslides and flooding, and winds are currently around 200 km/hour or 125 miles/hour. The images are from Wunderground, and show the likely track of the hurricane, the sea surface temperatures (red colors) driving the beast, the huge size of the storm on the satellite image, and a historical chart of September hurricanes in Baja.  Only two made landfall, one in southern California; so this is not a common occurrence. Fingers crossed everyone stays safe!