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Hurricane Erika Tropical Storm Erika 2009 Project Path Map Direction Path

Hurricane Erika/Tropical Storm Erika, Hurricane Jimena 2009: Tropical Storm Erika is the most recent TS to develop in advance today just east of the Caribbean basin near the northern Leeward Islands. Hurricane Erika is presently moving west-northwest at nine miles (15 kilometers) per hour, with winds of 50 miles per hour (85 kilometers per hour), is predictable to strengthen in the upcoming days and is heading straight Leeward Islands. Tropical Storm Erika/Hurricane Erika projected path is as follows:

Hurricane Jimena Path Map National Hurricane Center Jimena Hurricane.

Hurricane Jimena off mainland Mexico has strengthened overnight and is classified as a Category 4 storm, with constant winds of about 135 mph.  At 8 a.m. Sunday Hurricane Jimena center was located 515 miles south-southeast of Cabo and was tracking to the northwest (see map below) at about 9 mph. The National Hurricane Center predicts it will go round the Baja California peninsula before making landfall Tuesday night in the Magdalena Bay area. It will deliver abundance of much-needed rain, but might also cause extensive flooding. The region very much needs rain. Cattle are perishing and some residents in Los Cabos and all through Baja California Sur are being given running water only once or twice a week.