September 4, 2006.
0130z.
Enhanced Infrared GOES West Satellite.
Hurricane John has transferred it's enegy to terra firma contributing to a huge heat movement into a vortex over the central continent of North America.
John weakens after lashing southern Baja (click on)
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico --John weakened to a tropical storm Saturday just hours after it hit land as a hurricane in the southern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, ripping the roofs from shacks, knocking out power and sending billboards flying.
Tourists in the resort of Cabo San Lucas scrambled to catch flights out after the airport reopened.
John was a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds when it struck land near isolated hamlets northeast of Los Cabos on Friday night, but it had slipped to Category 1 status with winds near 85 mph by Saturday morning. By Saturday afternoon it weakened to a tropical storm and the winds dropped to 65 mph by evening.
