Tropical Storm Lorena is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to portions of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and northwestern Mexico will likely enhance rainfall in the Southwest U.S. early next week.
Lorena is moving northward over the Gulf of California and is moving toward northwestern Mexico.Lorena made landfall over the southeastern portion of Baja California Sur near La Ventana, Mexico, at 10:35 p.m. MDT Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. Sustained winds just below hurricane force and a minimum pressure of 986 millibars were observed near La Ventana when it was in the eye of the hurricane.
This landfall tore Lorena apart and hurricane hunters found a much weaker tropical storm over the Gulf of California Saturday afternoon.While Lorena won't have any direct impacts on the United States, it will send a surge of moisture into the Desert Southwest later this weekend, continuing into early next week.
In addition, an upper-level low associated with a southward dip in the jet stream will dive into the West early next week, prompting showers and thunderstorms.
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