Hurricane Simon hits Mexico's Pacific coast with damaging winds and rain
I keep thinking about how a hurricane's path can be so deliberate, like it's following a script. The center hugging the coastline, parallel to it, means the worst of the storm stays offshore but the eastern edge gets raked. That's a peculiar kind of torment for Puerto Vallarta--the eye never quite comes ashore, but the wind and rain don't care about that distinction.
I'd want to know how warm the Pacific water is right now, because that's what feeds these storms. A hurricane is basically a heat engine, converting ocean warmth into kinetic energy. The warmer the water, the more fuel. And with the kind of late-season storms we've been seeing, I wonder if we're watching the new normal take shape. I don't have data on that here, but it's the question I'd chase next. For now, the people along that coast are bracing for a long night,and that's the part that matters most.