Posted on 06/03/2015 11:00:55 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Hurricane Blanca already became the earliest second hurricane on record in the eastern Pacific ocean when it reached category 1 status on Tuesday. Now the storm is undergoing a period of rapid intensification over very warm ocean waters, and has the potential to max out at a category 5 over the next couple of days.
Blanca formed fast on the heels of Hurricane Andres, which surged to category 4 status on Sunday. Andres has since weakened to tropical storm-strength, but Blanca is quickly filling its shoes. The hurricane is the second of the season, the second major hurricane of the season, and the earliest second major hurricane on record in the region in the satellite era since 1971.
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GOOD!!! That means el nino is strong and will bring corresponding rain to the southwest. A bit of good news today!
#DoPacificHimicanesMatter?
When is the earliest 3rd major hurricane on record?
When did our NWS start naming Pacific storms, since there aren’t any in the Atlantic lately? Wonder how many government employees are watching porn in their abundant spare time.
Baja is not set up for hurricanes...
Isn’t “hurricane” supposed to be used for Atlantic and Caribbean storms? I thought that “cyclone” is the broad term fro all large rotating weather systems..and that “typhoon” is reserved for Pacific and Indian Ocean storms?
We have been getting a lot of rain here in NM this Spring. Free water baby :)
I am sure CA won’t mind it either.
Good question for Angela (article author)
Yes it needs to park over California for a week or two.
Hurricanes are the Pacific term also, as far as the International Date Line. West of that, they are typhoons. Cyclone is the term in the Indian Ocean.
The generic term is tropical cyclone.
Thanks....what happens if a storms crosses the IDL? Does it change, like Bruce Jenner?
Sounds like part of the Southwest drought is about to be broken, hard.
Get ready for the inevitable flooding and landslides.
That’s what I was wondering.
Yea, we’ve been getting a little rain here in Texas too.
Depending on the jet stream, looks like more rain for Texas.
Baja is not set up for hurricanes...
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Loos like it will severely weaken before it hits Baja.
Wow, since 1977. That’s a long track record. I got underwear almost that old.
A hurricane strike on LA sounds like a disaster film.
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