Today, May 15, 2014, is the beginning of the Pacific Hurricane season. These storms generally move out to sea, but occur more frequently than storms in the Atlantic basin and do hit Mexico from time to time. The coast of California has only seen one hurricane hit directly, which occurred in San Diego on October 2, 1858. On average, 15 named storms form, with 8 hurricanes and 4 major (cat 3+). The season seems likely to be above average due to an El Nino. The Atlantic season begins June 1, or two weeks from Sunday. The name list this year is...
Amanda, Boris, Cristina, Douglas, Elida, Fausto, Genvieve, Hernan, Iselle, Julio, Karina, Lowell, Marie, Norbert, Odile, Polo, Rachel, Simon, Trudy, Vance, Winnie, Xavier, Yolanda, and Zeke. Recognize any of them? The one that stands out to me is Norbert, since I think of that one as Hagrid's dragon in Harry Potter...
Also, there is hope for tomorrow night after all it appears. It won't be dry- don't get that wrong- but there may be an out in that the heaviest rain may hold off until 2-3 AM. Don't hold your breath on it...but here's to hoping!
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