Hurricane update - 23 October

Hurricane Paul is now a category 3 hurricane and is about to commence its approach of Baja California. The forecasters are not at all sure where, if at all in Baja, Paul will make landfall, and its intensity is equally uncertain. Current windspeeds stand at 95 knots, 110 mph, but Paul is thought be weaker when nearing Baja California. Once inland, the system will rapidly weaken and dissipate.

Tropical Cyclone Xavier is an 80 kts / 90 mph hurricane in the south Pacific, and may be heading for New Caledonia at this rate, later in the week.