Do you wish Hurricane Dean go to California that need rain if Dean keep go westward?

Question

I live in southern California I wish Dean come to California. I check Dean's project path look still keep go westward and I think Dean will may impact south Texas or Mexico and still keep to go westward over Mexico next week although Dean will dissipate over mountains in Mexico but still tropical moisture of remnants Dean bring some need rain to California if system keep go westward. I wish this! I don't want Dean turn northward to U.S. gulf coast or Texas that don't need rain because have many summer storms. I say keep Dean go westward toward California. Do you agree with me?

I wish heavy rainfall of remnants Dean in California but I know Hurricane or tropical storm Dean will die over mountains or land in Mexico. Maybe be very interesting in Tropical system from Atlantic has rare to go toward U.S. southwest even California. I hope this!

Answer 1

We'll just assume for converstion that California is vulnerable to Atlantic cyclones. Dean is predicted to threaten the Gulf as a category 4 storm. I can't think of anything in need of water that will survive it. As a FEMA camper veteran here in Gulf Shores, AL, I say you don't want that. However tropical storms and possibly weak hurricanes can provide more benefit than harm with their rain. For example just this year record wildfires in the Okeefenokee region of GA/FLA were extinguished by a tropical storm.

Answer 2

Actually, it's not unheard of that moisture from a Gulf of Mexico hurricane makes it way across Mexico and generates rain in Southern California. By then it wouldn't be a coherent storm, but any rain would be greatly appreciate here. We would get more rain if an Eastern Pacific hurricane would come up here, and it may be possible with the water temperatures we're seeing in Southern California this year.

Answer 3

As of Sunday evening PDT, Dean is forecast to cross Yucatan on Tuesday morning and Mexico mainland Wednesday afternoon/evening. Here's a quote from a forecast discussion about the possibility of Dean's remnants affecting SoCal weather (website cited below, as of 2230 Sunday evening)
GFS STILL INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR REMNANT MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE DEAN TO MOVE INTO BAJA AND POSSIBLY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE DAY 8 TO DAY 9 RANGE. THIS IS STILL A LONGSHOT...BUT CERTAINLY WORTH MENTIONING AND MONITORING.

I certainly wouldn't quarrel with some tropical moisture at this point. There's no way that the trouble that Dean has caused in Jamaica or elsewhere in the Carib, or is likely to in Mexico, would also affect Baja or SoCal... too long over land for that. But maybe by Aug 27 or so we'll get something.

Answer 4

By the time Hurricane Dean could reach California, it would be a vaporized raindrop.

Of course, I'm exhaggerating, but it would bemore of a thunderstorm than anything else. California is mostly desert, and therefore it would be difficult for a Hurricane to survive. Hurricanes need tropical areas to survive. Yes, California needs rain.

I was in Caribbean after Hurricane Ivan, and the worst thing they do down there, is come out driving their vehicles through the flooded roads. Why? Because unlike California, the water in the islands is saltwater (not freshwater). So every vehicle you see on the news driving through the water is being completely 'totalled' by the saltwater under it. After a few short weeks, the electrical system is completely shot. This happens to hundreds of vehicles a year, but usually never twice by the same owner.

Answer 5

There's a good chance that as a Tropical Rainstorm which is the type of storm with winds weaker than a Tropical Depression will hit there and looks like it's heading towards that way but there's a chance that'll weaken or make a turn and avoid California.

Answer 6

I understand that southern California needs rainfall so does my area, but to wish a strong hurricane to hit is dumb. Havent you seen pics of New Orleans after Katrina? We need rain but not like that.

Answer 7

Actually, this would be very good for us here in Socal. It's a hurricane now, but by the time it reaches California, it would just be minor rain, something we desperately NEED here.

Answer 8

There are lots of places that need rain. Just as Texas doesn't need more rain.
But, hey, another result of global warming!

Answer 9

Are you out of your mind? You should never wish for a hurricane.

Answer 10

Rain yes...A disaster machine..No..why would you wish for a hurricane to hit..they kill people