Hurricaneville has not posted a lot of news on what’s been happening in the Eastern Pacific this summer. However, it still has been following what’s going on there. Within the past several days, a powerful hurricane has developed there just off of the West Coast of Mexico. Hurricane Jimena, which formed on Friday night.

Since that time, Jimena has rapidly intensified into a major hurricane. As of the 5:00 AM PDT Advisory, the storm has maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour with gusts in upwards of 180 miles per hour, which makes it a very strong Category Four Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Minimum central pressure has dropped to 940 millibars, or 27.76 inches of Hg. The powerful storm, which is located some 370 miles South-Southeast of Cabo San Lucas in Baja California, is moving to the Northwest at 8 miles per hour.

The system is a very compact one with hurricane force winds extending some 30 miles from the eye while tropical storm force winds reach out some 80 miles. A Hurricane Watch is presently in effect for the Southern portion of the Baja Peninsula from Bahia Magdelena southward on the West Coast, and from San Envaristo southward on the East Coast including Cabo San Lucas.