Friday morning, and Rachel is still in the hallway. She is just a little farther down it than she was yesterday. After finally looking like a hurricane on purpose Thursday, she spent the afternoon getting …
Hurricane Season Novela: Rachel Got Dressed. She Is Still Not Coming In.
Thursday morning/afternoon, and Rachel finally looks like a hurricane on purpose. After spending days looking like she couldn’t decide what she wanted to be when she grew up, Hurricane Rachel has finally pulled herself together. 8 …
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Hurricane Season Novela: Polo Left. Rachel Showed Up in a Better Outfit.
The final chapter of September is here—and somehow the Pacific still isn’t done with us. If you skipped a day, here’s the plot: Polo left the building. Rachel took the stage. Cabo is still watching …
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Hurricane Season Novela: Two Pacific Storms. Two Sets of Warnings. Cabo Is Watching Both.
Polo is the emergency. Rachel is the next chapter. Mexico’s Pacific coast has official tropical cyclone watches and warnings associated with two different Eastern Pacific systems at the same time. That is uncommon enough to stop …
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Hurricane Season Novela: The Warning Is Up. It Still Is Not Cabo.
Polo dropped a category and picked up warnings. As of the National Hurricane Center’s 11 AM MST Intermediate Advisory 28 Sunday, Hurricane Polo is a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and a minimum pressure of 950 …
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Hurricane Season Novela: Polo Is Weaker. The Watch Is Real. Cabo Still Isn’t in It.
September 26, 2026 Big change from yesterday: there is now a Hurricane Watch — and it is NOT on Cabo. Polo came off his Category 5 high overnight. Friday afternoon, Hurricane Hunters still had him …
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Hurricane Season Novela: Polo Just Got Meaner
September 25, 2026 Polo spent the last day getting meaner. Thursday afternoon, he was a Category 4 at 150 mph, wrapping up an eyewall replacement cycle. Hurricane Hunters flew him, the inner eyewall died, the …
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Hurricane Season Novela: Polo Is Still Moving… And Now We Know A Little More About Where He’s Going
Polo is still moving. After spending what seemed like an eternity barely going anywhere, Hurricane Polo is now moving west-northwest at about 10 mph. He is still a Category 4 major hurricane, with maximum sustained winds …
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🌴 Hurricane Season Novela: Polo Finally Moves… So What Does That Mean for Cabo?
Well. Polo finally moved. After spending an almost ridiculous amount of time practically sitting in place, Hurricane Polo is now moving northwest at about 5 mph. And while that is certainly preferable to having a …
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🌀 POLO UPDATE #2: Okay… THAT escalated.
Since this morning, Polo has gone from a hurricane to an extremely powerful Category 5, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph and a central pressure of 892 mb. A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft investigated Polo this afternoon and …
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