Hurricane Genevieve was able to overcome Douglas itself, as it continues to move through an environment that will favor another 24 hour extra reinforcement.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the storm was centered about 300 miles southeast of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. The hurricane is moving northwest at 12 mph.
Although Hurricane Genevieve is not expected to make landfall along the Baja California Peninsula, it will run about 100 miles offshore Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Hurricane force winds remain very close to the center, extending only 30 miles outside, but tropical storm winds blow 150 miles. For this reason, Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings are in place for the southern Baja California Peninsula.
In addition to tropical storm winds, several inches of rain are expected in this area and large waves will affect much of Mexico’s west coast over the next several days.
Potential impact on the Western US
While Genevieve will remain well offshore over the weekend and disappear over the cooler waters of the Pacific Ocean, storms that embrace the Baja California Peninsula are likely to lead to an increase in moisture over the southwestern United States.
Residents would be thrilled that this was happening with this storm, unfortunately it does not seem to be on the maps.
“There will be a slight increase in humidity and temperatures will drop a few degrees, but it will continue to be above average with the monsoon showers bad and far between Friday and Saturday,” said CNN meteorologist Tom Sater.
Pacific Ocean overshadows Atlantic Ocean for now
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