This is a West Coast thing.There have been several Pacific storms this season that have threatened to head North and hit California but this looks like it will be the first one to do so. Lane will become a hurricane before hitting The Baja Pennisula. It is currently predicted to cross the pennisula back into the Sea of Cortez as a tropical storm. If Lane continues along this path it will come ashore in Northern Mexico and will move into, rapidly becoming a tropical depression, Arizona.
Let me emphasize this, a tropical storm stands a very good chance of moving into Arizona. I don’t know what Arizona’s normal rainfall patterns are. I suspect it is mostly no rain with sparse seasonal rains. This will be significantly different and might, if I understand how different this is, cause lots and lots of flooding in the Southwest. Keep your eyes peeled.
Lane is dissapating with little or no water vapor being dragged over the mainland. The is still the possibilty that enough moisture could cause heavy rains in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas but it seems less likely (although Mexico is not so lucky; 5-10 inches are expected in the mountains). He did come ashore as a cat3 but managed it in a sparsely populated region and so there has been very little damage.
Miriam, still thinking Pacifically, is heading North and looks to affect, if not impact, the Baja Pennisula.
Helene, back in the East, is a fairly powerful hurricane (winds of 105) but looks to turn North before even becoming a threat to Bermuda.
Gordon seems to be tenaciously hanging on to his status as a hurricane and will rapidly advance on Western Europe bring lots of rainy weather with him.
Otherwise, there is nothing new to report.