From a seed in the deep equatorial rainforests of Africa, a cluster of waves rode the AEJ into the 80+F waters of the tropical Atlantic. With the combination of warm water and good atmospheric conditions, 96L was born and days later TS Earl was born west of the Lesser Antilles. Over the even warmer waters of the southwest Caribbean Sea, Earl became a hurricane and became only the 4th hurricane since 1980 to make landfall in Belize as an 80 mph category 1 storm. However it wasn’t just Belize under the fire hose but Mexico too.

Although Earl didn’t make a Mexican landfall, it made it’s presence felt all the way to Cozumel and Cancun.

Mahahaul, Mexico as Hurricane Earl approached.

After landfall and a 2-3 day stretch, Earl’s structure tore apart but it’s energy held on on it’s journey WNW over the rugged mountain topography of Mexico where it unleased tremendous amounts of rain sucked up over the warm ocean.

Significant flooding in San Jose de el Cabo on the Baja.

https://youtu.be/wqVX4wzu_AM

Once the system, albeit just an area of thunderstorms moved out over the warm waters of the east Pacific, it reformed becoming Javier.

Unusually warm water and a favourable atmosphere allowed Javier to become a 60 mph tropical storm south of Cabo San Lucas.

 

Hurricane warnings we’re hoisted for a time.

View from Cabo San Lucas last night and this afternoon with Tropical Depression Javier overhead.

Javier will continue weakening as it heads into cooler water.

For US interests, moisture from Javier will get drawn north allowing enhancement of the Southwest Monsoon.

The last 10 days has seen above normal rainfall.

See today’s video.

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