Hurricane Newton intensified rapidly from a tropical depression on Monday into a powerful hurricane that threatens Baja California.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Monday the center of Hurricane Newton was located at latitude 21.3\u00b0N and longitude 109.0\u00b0W which put it about 125 miles (200 km) south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.\u00a0 Newton was moving toward the northwest at 16 m.p.h. (26 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 90 m.p.h. (150 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 105 m.p.h. (170 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 979 mb.<\/p>\n
The government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Warning for the portion of the coast from Cabo San Lazaro to Mulege including Cabo San Lucas.\u00a0 A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the portions of the coast from Cabo San Lazaro to Punta Abreojos, from Mulege to Bahia San Juan Bautista and from Mazatlan to Puerto Libertad.\u00a0 A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the portion of the coast from Guaymas to Puerto Libertad.<\/p>\n
The circulation of Hurricane Newton organized very rapidly on Monday.\u00a0 A primary rainband wrapped most of the way around an eye.\u00a0 Multiple bands of thunderstorms developed outside the eyewall.\u00a0 Thunderstorms near the core of Hurricane Newton generated strong upper level divergence which pumped out mass and allowed the winds speeds to increased rapidly.\u00a0 Newton intensified from a tropical depression into a hurricane in 24 hours.\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed has increased from 40 m.p.h. (65 km\/h) 24 hours ago to 90 m.p.h. (150 km\/h).<\/p>\n
Hurricane Newton is in an environment that could allow it to strengthen until it reaches the southern tip of Baja California.\u00a0 It is moving over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is 29\u00b0C.\u00a0 The upper level winds are light and there is little vertical wind shear.\u00a0 When Hurricane Newton reaches Baja California, it will weaken as it crossed over the mountains.\u00a0 However, it could still be a hurricane when it reaches the warm water in the Gulf of California.<\/p>\n
Hurricane Newton is moving around the western end of a mid-level ridge.\u00a0 The ridge should steer it toward the north-northwest for another 12 hours.\u00a0 When Newton reaches the end of the ridge, it will turn toward the north-northeast.\u00a0 On its anticipated track Hurricane Newton will reach the southern portion of Baja California in less than 12 hours.\u00a0 Newton could emerge over the Gulf of California in about 24 hours.\u00a0 Newton could still be a hurricane when it reaches the western coast of Mexico near Guaymas on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Newton is 13.9.\u00a0 The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) is 12.2 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index is 26.1.\u00a0 Given that Hurricane Newton is likely to intensify until it makes landfall in Baja California, it has the potential to cause regional serious wind damage.\u00a0 Heavy rain and flash flooding will pose an even greater threat in areas of steep terrain.\u00a0 Newton has the potential to be a destructive hurricane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hurricane Newton intensified rapidly from a tropical depression on Monday into a powerful hurricane that threatens Baja California.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Monday the center of Hurricane Newton was located at latitude 21.3\u00b0N and longitude 109.0\u00b0W which put it about 125 miles (200 km) south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.\u00a0 Newton was moving toward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[109,39,108,164,511,24,189],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2964,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions\/2964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}