Hurricane a comin .
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Southbeacher
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Does anyone happen to know about the Caborca-to-Sonoyta route . . . . if it is a relatively easy trip, with decent road conditions?
Southbeacher
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Just saw a huge caravan of trucks, panga, marine vehicles come up the beach through Dorada to the Miramar Road.
brokenwave
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Latest on Sergio shows it hitting San Carlos area, RP shouldn't get affected, maybe some gentle rain.
Roberto
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10/8/2018 8:00:00 AM
Hurricane Sergio continues to drift to the northwest over the open waters of east Pacific today, well away from any landmasses. Later tonight and Tuesday, Sergio will begin to move northeast toward the Baja Peninsula, where it could make landfall sometime later this week, probably as a tropical storm or tropical depression. Moisture from Sergio should then expand over northwestern Mexico and accelerate northward into the southwestern United States by Friday, leading to the potential for heavy rainfall.
By AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Paul Walker
Hurricane Sergio continues to drift to the northwest over the open waters of east Pacific today, well away from any landmasses. Later tonight and Tuesday, Sergio will begin to move northeast toward the Baja Peninsula, where it could make landfall sometime later this week, probably as a tropical storm or tropical depression. Moisture from Sergio should then expand over northwestern Mexico and accelerate northward into the southwestern United States by Friday, leading to the potential for heavy rainfall.
By AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Paul Walker
brokenwave
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Roberto, I like my version better, less chance of RP flooding out again.
Should know better by late Tuesday if the hatches need to battened down.
Hopefully my version is correct, but then further south will then suffer. Not good for anyone.
Should know better by late Tuesday if the hatches need to battened down.
Hopefully my version is correct, but then further south will then suffer. Not good for anyone.
Hobie Vern
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I have friends headed to the Mayan this Friday. Do you think they should try and cancel??
Watch the weather. Too early to tell.
But I'll add that Thursday we took the highway toward Mayan Palace and were among the first they let through. Rio Sonoyta was running deep across the road in several place and a railroad bridge had collapsed. Sunday we returned from Puerto Lobos expecting to find only mud on the road, but instead the water was still running and we had to go very slow in a 4WD truck. Passenger cars were making it but barely. We believe they had diverted water from beneath the train bridge so they could repair the bridge, resulting in runoff being concentrated in just a couple of crossings. When we passed over Rio Sonoyta again about halfway to Sonoita (that bridge over a usually dry wash) it was still running fast. The river's headwaters are in the US and it collects over a wide area. And the ground is really saturated now.
The message here is that there are more variables at work than just the rain forecast.
If your friends are really determined to reach Mayan Palace, you might inquire about turning off Highway 8 roughly 40 kilometers past Sonoyta. My map shows this road going past the Sierra Pinta mine and leading right to the Mayan Palace. It completely avoids the flood area. But since I've never taken this road myself, I advise getting confirmation from someone who knows for sure that this road does what my map says it does. And someone would need to tell you where to turn off of Highway 8. It looks to be about 40 kilometers past Sonoyta.
But I'll add that Thursday we took the highway toward Mayan Palace and were among the first they let through. Rio Sonoyta was running deep across the road in several place and a railroad bridge had collapsed. Sunday we returned from Puerto Lobos expecting to find only mud on the road, but instead the water was still running and we had to go very slow in a 4WD truck. Passenger cars were making it but barely. We believe they had diverted water from beneath the train bridge so they could repair the bridge, resulting in runoff being concentrated in just a couple of crossings. When we passed over Rio Sonoyta again about halfway to Sonoita (that bridge over a usually dry wash) it was still running fast. The river's headwaters are in the US and it collects over a wide area. And the ground is really saturated now.
The message here is that there are more variables at work than just the rain forecast.
If your friends are really determined to reach Mayan Palace, you might inquire about turning off Highway 8 roughly 40 kilometers past Sonoyta. My map shows this road going past the Sierra Pinta mine and leading right to the Mayan Palace. It completely avoids the flood area. But since I've never taken this road myself, I advise getting confirmation from someone who knows for sure that this road does what my map says it does. And someone would need to tell you where to turn off of Highway 8. It looks to be about 40 kilometers past Sonoyta.
Southbeacher
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Yep. That's what I heard today as well. Was told that an SUV could definitely pass through the somewhat receding washes en route to Mayan.
Landshark
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I think that road has been discussed on here. If it’s the one I’m thinking of I remember it being more of a Jeep trail.
Roberto and Lagrimas talked about it once as a seriously challenging 4x4 trail which was blocked by the military,
https://www.rockypointtalk.com/threads/sierra-la-pinta.4164/
Here's what I was talking about. Head out of Sonoyta like you normally do and take the road that leads past Villegran. But only after someone who knows this road confirms that it goes thru as shown and is in decent shape.
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brokenwave
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As Sturart said, Tuesdays map is showing Sergios track has shifted approx 50 miles further south vs Mondays.