As Hurricane Jimena spins toward parts of Mexico’s Baja peninsula, including the popular resort city of Cabo San Lucas, tourists and local residents are stocking up on food, water and fuel. Earlier this morning the Mexican government issued a hurricane warning for the southern part of Baja, which means that hurricane conditions are expected in the area within 24 hours. The storm strengthened over the weekend and, according to the National Hurricane Center, it has sustained winds of nearly 150 mph. “Jimena is an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are possible during the next day or two,” the center said in a statement issued this morning.
NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured the explosive growth of Hurricane Jimena in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from August 27-30, 2009. The National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. EDT update today, “Jimena is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 5 to 10 inches over the southern half of the Baja California peninsula and portions of western Mexico during the next 2 days, with possible isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches. A storm surge along with large and dangerous battering waves will produce significant coastal flooding along the Baja California peninsula.”
In the meantime Jimena was located by an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft near latitude 18.1 north…longitude 108.9 west or about 340 miles / 545 km south of Cabo San Lucas Mexico. Jimena is moving toward the northwest near 8 mph – 13 km/hr. The Hurricane hunters find Jimena stronger!
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