Sorry for the lack of updating recently - this one will be short as well. There is an extremely dangerous hurricane in the east Pacific right now off Mexico; Jimena is a Category 4/5 borderline system with winds around 155mph and it may have been stronger yesterday (when recon was not around to check it out). Jimena is expected to make landfall on Baja California shortly as a Category 4 hurricane, cross the Gulf of California and hit mainland Mexico, and then move into the United States as a remnant low pressure area. Arizona can expect some rains, but it is Mexico that will see the devastation and destruction typical of an intense hurricane.

Invest 94L near the Lesser Antilles is beginning to show signs of developing into a tropical depression, despite increasing shear. I give it a 80% chance of eventually becoming our next depression.

More later.