The center of Major Hurricane Odile is rapidly approaching the southern tip of Baja California.  At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Hurricane Odile was located at latitude 22.6°N and longitude 109.6°W which put it about 30 miles southeast of the southern tip of Baja California.  Odile was moving toward the north-northwest at 17 m.p.h.  The maximum sustained wind speed was 125 m.p.h. and the minimum surface pressure was estimated to be 930 mb.

A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the portion of the coast from Punta Abreojos southward to the southern tip of Baja California and then northward to Loreto.  A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the portion of the coast from Punta Abreojos northward to Punta Eugenia.  Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for the portion of the coast from Loreto northward to Bahia San Juan Batista and from Punta Abreojos to Punta Eugenia.  Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for the portion of the coast from Punta Eugenia northward to San Jose de Las Palomas and from Altata to Bahia Kino.

Odile is moving more rapidly tonight and its current motion should bring the center very near the southern tip of Baja California during the next several hours.  It looks like Odile will move very close to the west coast of the Baja peninsula.  It could move along the coast or just offshore.  In either case Odile will bring strong winds and heavy rain to much of southern Baja California.

Odile went through an eyewall replacement cycle today.  A larger outer eye surrounded the smaller inner eye, which eventually dissipated.  The dissipation of the inner eye was accompanied by a minor decrease in the wind speed.  However, the larger outer eye also had an effect of increasing the radius of strong winds and the circulation around Odile is larger than it was before.