The system appears to be similar to Kay, which brought heat, rain and waves to Southern California in September 2022
Federal forecasters said Wednesday it is appearing increasingly likely that a hurricane will form off the west coast of Mexico this week and travel unusually far up Baja California, delivering rain, heat and high winds to Southern California, including San Diego County.
“While this does have the potential to be a very high impact event for at least portions of southern California for Sunday into Monday, this system has yet to develop with changes in the details of model guidance to be expected.”Brian Adams, a weather service forecaster, says the system could come to resemble Tropical Storm Kay, which moved up the Baja California peninsula before it turned out to sea last year.
“Most of the rain from the new storm would flow into other parts of the southwestern United States, but it’s possible that rain also could wrap around the mountains in San Diego County and flow into the desert,” Adams said.
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