Fri. 9/18/09 Chubasco in Chivato

Very interesting morning here in Punta Chivato. I got up at 5 AM to a really spectacular light show. Tried to get a photo of a flash but even taking nearly 40 pics I missed a good shot. Then as the sun started to rise cloud was doing all kinds of nice changes. It was 80º calm winds and the water was oil slick. We watched the clouds move in. Around 8 we watched a squall line move in and everyone headed home to batten down their homes. So for the next 45 minutes we had 35 mph ESE winds gusting to 45 mph. Of course some of the roofing that hasn’t been picked up took flight once again. And it’s raining lightly too. 9 AM and the sky is lightening up a bit and I have internet again. Now almost 9:30 and I'm waiting on photo bucket to upload. Winds still around 30mph almost blue skies again. 83º ~ 87% hum.
Only attempt to get lightning I saved. You can just see the flash.

A few minutes later and a wider shot of the cloud

After sunrise and the storm has moved in over us

Looking South.. Clouds over Mulege

Just as the wind hit and we all scrambled to button up our homes.... again
I spent the next 45 minutes inside out of the rain and wind.

After most of the rain stopped you can see the surf's up



Skies are clearing

Behind my house.

Looking SW

Overhead

Almost 10



All done
Edit: Spelling error as per a smarter person than I





[Edited on 9-18-2009 by Russ]

Russ, Thanks for the pictures. Waiting for a fishing report.

Thanks Russ. Thanks for the update it's the season I thought they were called "Chubascos"?

Outstanding shots... hope the bugs have slowed down... that's one thing that really gets me, lots of bugs

This has turned out to be one exceptionally weird day! 1st the chubasco and the wind never got back into a normal pattern then we had some scattered clouds an wind in the high teens to mid 20's. Now it appears Marty has weakened and is heading towards us. The forecast tracks and models I look at show Marty going either NW or W but the satellite loop shows a totally different reality. We're getting thunder now and it's cloudy.

"THE TRACKFORECAST PHILOSOPHY REMAINS UNCHANGED. MARTY WILL TURN TOWARD THEWEST-NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY TOWARD THE WEST PRIOR TO DISSIPATIONAS IT FEELS THE INFLUENCE OF THE LOW-LEVEL RIDGE TO ITS NORTH."

The clouds are really dark over Mulege now. It appears to be raining in the mountains. Now lots of lightening and thunder

[Edited on 9-18-2009 by Russ]

Here what the Sat showed awhile ago. Those clouds are moving towards us. I haven't gotten the imaging to work for an hour. I think I'll loose internet soon too if the clouds thicken up much more. later...

Mulege is still cloudy but to the West it seems to be clearing some. Wind has changed from E to SE and dropped to around 5 to 10 mph. It is much cooler and feels great.
This pic is of the mountains behind Mulege:

Wind now SSE
Sorry, I mess that up. The photo is of the skyline behind Mulege the "mountains" are the hills behind Punta Chivato.


[Edited on 9-19-2009 by Russ]

Mulege is just beyond the red roofs on the left. Hopefully, good night and good bye to Marty. Still lightening S of Mulege.

All the panic I went through yesterday was a bunch of $$$t. I apologize to any one I cause undue worry. I'll try to be less excitable in the future. I think I must have lost all confidence in those projected path forecasts after Jimena.
"MARTY IS BEING DOWNGRADED TO A 30-KNOT TROPICAL
DEPRESSION AT THIS TIME"
So here is what's left of Marty:

Excitable

Hey don't sweat the small s**t, what you and all others went though would tend to make anyone somewhat "excitable" if they have normal reactions to Mother Nature flexing her muscles in the form of a Tropical Storm.

Had never realized how may Tropical Storms hit the Baja down your way in a season..

Hope your getting back into your routine, and once again thanks for the pictures, good to have someone out on point..

Off topoic, what kind of camera do you use... your pictures come out really nice..






[Edited on 9-21-2009 by wessongroup]