Heads Up! Hurricane Carlos Is Headed Our Way.

This is not a drill. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Carlos will make landfall around Manzanillo on Tuesday and continue northward, with the center of the storm passing just to the west of us late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. Although Carlos will no longer be hurricane strength once it makes landfall, we can still expect high winds and lots of rain in the Chapala area. This may be a good time to lay in some candles, batteries and nonperishable food items. This is probably not a good time to stock up the food freezer. You may want to reschedule any travel plans for Wednesday. Here's a link to the National Hurricane Center website:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep3.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

Oh my! We are arriving in Ajijic Monday evening...our first visit. Is there anything else we need to know? My husband wants to know if we should even come, but we are coming to check out the rainy season.. Any advice??

This may be the perfect opportunity to check out the rainy season. You can't check it out if it doesn't rain.

ellkeeper wrote:Oh my! We are arriving in Ajijic Monday evening...our first visit. Is there anything else we need to know? My husband wants to know if we should even come, but we are coming to check out the rainy season.. Any advice??

Most of the normal rainy season weather happens in the late evenings and overnight( just as in Camelot.) However, that doesn't count hurricane weather, which can be bad for driving. Keep checking the weather stations and plan accordingly.

Monday evening should be fine for your arrival...enjoy your stay.

Bring a flashlight, even a small one. And enjoy the storm! They are spectacular here and we don't get hurricane force winds.

Thanks all! I'm so excited! We've rented a golf cart from Travis, so keep an eye out for us..love to hear what it's like living in Ajijic!

No reason to cancel a trip. We don't get the full brunt of hurricanes here since we're so far inland and protected by mountains. This isn't the coast. We do feel the outer edges though….some spectacular rains and winds. Just bring some rain protection, small flashlight is a good idea, and candles can be had in any little store. It's all part of the package, and part of the fun.

A few years ago I bought a small LED light with a headband, ended up riveting it onto the bill of a ball cap, I keep it handy, as long as CFE is the provider, an alternate source will be needed.

It's no longer a hurricane and may not come ashore ..... is the latest. But prognosis changes a few times a day

BULLETIN
HURRICANE CARLOS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 20A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP032015
100 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015

...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS CARLOS HAS REGAINED HURRICANE
STATUS JUST OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO...


SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.9N 102.8W
ABOUT 85 MI...140 KM SW OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO
ABOUT 175 MI...280 KM SE OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB...29.20 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* West of Punta San Telmo to Playa Perula

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Punta San Telmo to Lazaro Cardenas

We made it! We have candles, flashlight, some food and booze! For whatever happens!

Stay safe all :)

ellkeeper wrote:We made it! We have candles, flashlight, some food and booze! For whatever happens!

Welcome, glad you made it. Have fun!

We are Flamingo! Thank you! Out to breakfast this morning and parked behind a SUV that had Tennessee tags and had Knoxville on the tag plate holder! That's where we live!

Hope it is a good visit. Sorry about the Knoxville issue, from the Nashville contingency here. Kidding about the Knoxville slur.

Really sucks, we are getting 100 degree heat here

Sorry Jimmy, I would rather have the hurricane fallout than 100+ degrees.........jaja. Although so far it has been a no show in these parts.

Back to a tropical storm and while it might make it rain here I think radar says no big storm for us.

Turn on Tropical to see projections. I turn off ocean temperature for clarity.

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=20.29999924&lon=-103.28333282&zoom=8&pin=Ajijic%2C%20Mexico&type=hyb&rad=0&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=1&sat.num=1&sat.spd=25&sat.opa=85&sat.gtt1=109&sat.gtt2=108&sat.type=IR4&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0

4-5 inches down here ..... probably will open the lagoon soon

Our road

ellkeeper wrote:We are Flamingo! Thank you! Out to breakfast this morning and parked behind a SUV that had Tennessee tags and had Knoxville on the tag plate holder! That's where we live!

Welcome! Sent you a PM.. I believe that TN SUV belongs to my sister-in-law's neighbor in Joco..

13" rain in Ardmore OK yesterday.... tropical depression put a LOT of water in Texas, OK, and Louisiana.

Well Smartalex you were a few days late on this prediction.