Hurricane Polo approaches Mexico as coastal storm grips Northeast, New England Yale Climate Connections

Noteworthy storms, tropical and otherwise, continued to pepper the Eastern and Central Pacific and North Atlantic on Sunday.

Warning areas and potential impact

The big landfall threat is Hurricane Polo (see below), but several other systems were making news this weekend – including a lumbering coastal storm in the Northeast U.S. that’s been unusually prolonged.

Hurricane warnings were in place on Sunday across much of the Baja California peninsula with the approach of Hurricane Polo.

After several days on a contorted track off the Mexican coast, where Polo oscillated between Category 4 and 5 strength, the hurricane is now taking a classic track for Eastern Pacific hurricanes that will bring it north and eventually northeast into Baja California on Monday.

As of 11 a.m.

EDT Sunday, Polo’s satellite presentation had sharpened and the storm’s intensity was nudged upward to 125 mph, which kept it a Category 3 major hurricane.

Landfall is predicted for Monday afternoon in the sparsely populated section of Baja California Sur (South) near or just north of Las Barrancas.

🌀⚠️Baja California Sur se prepara ante el impacto de #Polo En Loreto ya se registran vientos y autoridades desplegaron personal y unidades de la CFE.