[BajaGringo]

Howard should reach hurricane speed later today

Tropical Storm Howard appears to have completely regrouped from the wind shear event a day before and the NHC has adjusted their forecast, now predicting for Howard to reach hurricane speeds later today as he continues moving along his northwest trajectory and expected to maintain at minimum tropical storm force winds all the way up to the 25th parallel.

The southern regions of the peninsula should brace for possible rain showers and thunderstorms from Howard’s outer bands and a strong storm surge along areas of the southern Baja Pacific coastline.

The latest NHC forecast continues to predict that Howard will stay along this track parallel to and and at a relatively safe distance away from to the peninsula but as a good friend once said to me, “hurricanes don’t listen to the NHC“, so you should be prepped – just in case – if you are in or around the southern Baja regions over the next 24 to 48 hours.