An unusual June "Los Cabos" eddy (similar to the ubiquitous Catalina Eddy in LA) has been moving moisture northward as the surface cyclonic flow stays anchored SE of Los Cabos. Starting back on May 31st there was a stratus deck in Sinaloa but little hint of an eddy. By the 2nd the cyclonic eddy was just forming with an anomalous line off La Paz that moved north as a line for a number of days (this edge is now in Tiburon). Yesterday, June 5th, the status deck seems to have connected up with Sierra Madre convection that was straddling the very limited Gulf of Mexico moisture to the east and the low level Pacific moisture to the west. In late summer with warm water years in LA the stratus deck at times can be entrained into CBs developing from Gulf of California moisture surging northwest. My experience with Los Cabos Eddies is that they occur in developing cold water upwelling regimes in western Baja.
This morning the loop showed stratus lines in Tiburon going NNW up the gulf.........the northern flank of the Los Cabos Eddy now being elongated by the pressure gradient force up the Gulf.
I expect to see CBs from Ash Canyon tomorrow in Mexico!
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