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Written by Heidi Farrar   
Tuesday, 01 September 2009 07:23
09.01.09.jimena.2009244_1200rbHurricane Jimena is on the verge of becoming a category 5 storm! As of the last advisory, the National Hurricane Center says:
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 155 MPH...250 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JIMENA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...AND VERY NEAR THE THRESHOLD
OF CATEGORY FIVE STATUS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH
ARE LIKELY TODAY...AND GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST
ON WEDNESDAY.  HOWEVER...JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A
MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL.
As such, hurricane watches and warnings are in effect for the entire Baja peninsula; Jimena is currently about 24 from making landfall. Right now it appears as though landfall may occur near Puerto San Carlos, which, given the topography, would be extremely vulnerable to the dangerous storm surge that is expected.
If Jimena moves inland as forecast on the 5-day cone, areas of southern Arizona and the Imperial Valley of California could be greatly impacted as well. The potential for tornadoes would exist with the outter bands (!), but the main threat would likely be flash flooding from heavy rains.
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+1 #1 Jan 2009-09-01 01:51
Are there any livestreams?

Greetz from Holland
 
 
+1 #2 GirlModest 2009-09-01 02:15
I know very little about Hurricanes and the terms that are used when discussing hurricanes and I wasn't quite sure what a landfall was, could someone explain what that means?
 
 
+1 #3 CaStormChaser 2009-09-01 02:24
To Jan: I'd stream live, but my new camera wont work on my mac. I'll most definitely chase out here in SW CA when the storm hits, so I'll be sure to post footage! Any TVN chasers going to stream?

To GirlModest: Great question!! Landfall is when the system (in this case a very strong hurricane) begins to make it's way onto land, coming from the ocean, of course. ;)
-Sean-
 

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