BajaStorms is a bilingual storm tracking and weather information platform built for Baja California Sur and mainland Mexico’s Pacific region, with a focus on fast, clear information on your phone.
Our goal is simple: provide fast, reliable, and easy-to-understand information before, during, and after tropical storms, hurricanes, and other significant weather events affecting the region.
Why BajaStorms Exists
When tropical storms and hurricanes threaten the region, critical information is often scattered across multiple websites, government bulletins, weather products, satellite feeds, and social media channels. While the information exists, finding it quickly and understanding what matters can be difficult, especially on a mobile device.
BajaStorms was created to bring the most important weather and storm information together in one place, with a mobile-first experience designed specifically for the way people access information during severe weather events.
During a storm, many people rely entirely on their phones. They may be away from home, traveling, experiencing power outages, or working with limited internet connectivity. BajaStorms is designed from the ground up to provide fast access to forecasts, storm tracking, satellite imagery, alerts, preparedness resources, and local information without requiring users to navigate multiple websites or search through complex technical products.
Our mission is to make critical storm information easier to find, easier to understand, and easier to access when people need it most.
How BajaStorms Works
BajaStorms is built as an automated storm-information platform designed to gather, organize, and display important weather information quickly, especially during tropical storms and hurricanes.
The site combines official forecasts, storm advisories, satellite imagery, map layers, and public weather data from trusted sources such as the National Hurricane Center, NOAA, SMN/CONAGUA, satellite imagery providers, and other meteorological data products. This information is organized around the communities we cover in Baja California Sur and mainland Mexico’s Pacific region.
Behind the scenes, BajaStorms uses automated data ingestion, mapping tools, weather APIs, forecast feeds, and custom regional logic to help turn scattered weather information into clear, local, easy-to-access storm pages, maps, alerts, and preparedness resources.
The goal is to make important storm information easier to find, faster to understand, and more useful for residents and visitors when weather conditions matter most. Official agencies remain the source for forecasts, warnings and emergency instructions.
BajaStorms is built to be fast, lightweight, mobile-first, and practical during real-world storm situations, including times when users may be relying entirely on their phones or dealing with limited connectivity.
BajaStorms does not create its own storm warning categories or replace official advisories. When watches, warnings, advisories, or emergency instructions are issued, BajaStorms reflects official information from agencies such as the National Hurricane Center, SMN/CONAGUA, Protección Civil, NOAA, and local authorities.
Coverage Area
BajaStorms provides city and regional pages for 24 locations: 12 in Baja California Sur and 12 in mainland Mexico’s Pacific region.
Baja California Sur: Cabo San Lucas, San José del Cabo, East Cape / Los Barriles, Todos Santos, La Paz, Ciudad Constitución, Magdalena Bay / Puerto San Carlos, Loreto, Mulegé / Bahía Concepción, Santa Rosalía, Bahía Tortugas and Guerrero Negro.
Mainland Mexico, following the coast from south to north: Salina Cruz, Puerto Escondido, Acapulco, Zihuatanejo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta, San Blas, Mazatlán, Culiacán, Los Mochis and Ciudad Obregón. Coverage includes coastal communities and nearby inland population centers.
The same Eastern Pacific storms can threaten Baja California Sur and the mainland. Expanding coverage lets us provide local context for communities along those storms’ paths, including when a system crosses the peninsula or moves along the mainland coast.
Features
- Real-time tropical storm and hurricane tracking
- Current weather conditions and forecasts
- Official watches, warnings, and advisories
- Interactive maps and storm information
- Satellite imagery and weather products
- Historical storm tracks and archives
- Preparedness guides and emergency resources
- Local monitoring and weather pages for 24 cities and regions
- Downloadable five-day forecast cards for BCS and mainland Mexico
- Live webcams from both regions
- Mobile-friendly design optimized for severe weather situations
- Free mobile app you can install on your phone
- Free weather and storm alerts
Data Sources
BajaStorms combines information from official meteorological agencies and publicly available weather products, including the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), NOAA, satellite imagery providers, and other trusted sources.
Forecasts, watches, warnings, and advisories should always be verified through official government agencies and local authorities.
Free Alerts
Choose the cities and regions you want to follow, your language, and your storm-update frequency. You can also choose which active storms send you emails. Official SMN warnings have separate options for Baja California Sur and mainland Mexico.
Confirm your email after signing up to activate alerts. You can change your preferences or unsubscribe using the links in any alert email.
Storm information and official warnings remain available on the website whether or not you subscribe. Alert preferences control the emails you receive.