Hurricane Polo Aims for Monday Landfall in Mexico
Forecasters expected 100-200 mm of rain and hurricane conditions along the warned coast as the storm moved toward the peninsula.
- On Sunday, September 27, 2026, Category 3 Hurricane Polo moved north-northwest off Baja California Sur with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, positioned approximately 300 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas.
- Although Polo weakened from earlier Category 5 intensity, the major hurricane retains considerable power with hurricane-force winds extending up to 75 km from its center and tropical-storm-force winds reaching 205 km.
- The Mexican Army deployed the Third Combat Engineers Battalion to Los Cabos and Comond under Plan DN-III-E, while authorities designated 169 temporary shelters with capacity for 33,192 people.
- A Hurricane Warning covers Baja California Sur's western coast from Punta Abreojos to Punta Eugenia, where hurricane conditions are expected by Monday afternoon as Polo brings rainfall forecasts of 100–200 mm with isolated maxima near 250 mm.
- The cyclone is forecast to cross the peninsula Monday night and approach northwestern mainland Mexico early Tuesday; NHC forecasts rapid weakening after landfall, with dissipation expected over northern Mexico by Wednesday.
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Hurricane Polo lost strength and fell to category 3 in front of Baja California Sur, although it remains alert for rains, wind and waves.
Hurricane Polo Weakens to Category 3 as Baja California Sur Faces Monday Landfall
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Hurricane Polo has weakened to a Category 3 storm ahead of an expected Monday landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico, while its moisture threatens heavy rainfall and significant flooding across parts of the southwestern United States. Polo had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph late Saturday. Increasing wind shear is disrupting the hurricane…
Hurricane ‘Polo’ continues its advance through the Mexican Pacific and is heading towards Baja California Sur, where the National Weather Service (SMN) expects it to land next Monday. Cyclone weakened this Saturday from category 5 to 4 and at night degraded to category 3, although it maintains winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour and a trajectory that will bring it closer to the peninsula. According to Meteorological Notice No. 38-26 of the SM…
Polo low to category 3, but keeps alert in Baja California South, in Mexican Pacific
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