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The most beautiful women of Mexico and Latin America visit our paradise for the contest finals in Playa del Carmen
On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 a group of women featured in the Latin American edition of MAXIM Magazine arrived in the Riviera Maya. Theeco friendly, endless luxury Hacienda Tres Ríos Resort is proud to host some of the most beautiful women in the world.
The MAXIM contest finals at Playa del Carmen on Nov. 7
During their 5-day stay at the resort, Marian Guillén (Puerto Rico), Fiorela Gómez (Argentina), Julissa Gunera (Honduras), Ariadna Muro and Erika Arguello (Mexico), Bárbara Barreto, Cristina Canhos and Carina Gracciola (Brasil) will be visiting all the must-see places in Cancún and Playa del Carmen. In addition, the girls will have a photo shoot in the Tres Ríos Nature Park and will learn all aboutsustainable tourism, while having the chance to plant a mangrove tree.
Kayaking, bicycling, diving and snorkeling in one of the ten cenotes in the Tres Ríos Nature Park are just few of the activities that the models will have the opportunity to enjoy.
On Saturday, the MAXIM girls will go to the Mamitas Beach Club in Playa del Carmen for the MAXIM 2009 Final Contest: a celebration full of beauty, music, nice people and the magic of the Mexican Caribbean.
The Riviera Maya invited the MAXIM girls last year
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The most astonishing girls from Mexico and Latin America
Tropical Storm Ida has emerged from Central America and is
now heading toward the Yucatan Channel and threatens Cuba
and Cancun. For the longer term it will enter the Gulf of Mexico
and possibly head toward the United States Gulf Coast. (CIMSS)
Tropical Storm Ida is getting stronger over the warm waters of the western Caribbean. The winds this morning are 45mph, but will have a chance to get stronger. After dropping heavy rain and flooding out parts of Honduras and Nicaragua, next up is Cancun and The Gulf of Mexico. A Tropical Storm Warning is in place for Grand Cayman, expecting this storm withing 24 hours. A Tropical Storm Watch is in place the Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, and Cuban’s Pinar Del Rio, expecting this storm in the next 36 hours (by Sunday evening). The warm waters will help this storm gain more strength, and the pass between Mexico and Cuba will allow it to maintain intensity and bring the interest to the United States early next week. See more images and forecast tracks in the slide show below:
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Tropical Storm Ida’s Infared Satellite and track from CIMSS.
Tropical Storm Ida Intensity:
As of 7am EST:
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Max winds: 45mph- Barometer: 1002 mb; 29.59″
- Location: 17.4 N; 84.1 W
- Moving North at 8mph
The intensity of Tropical Storm Ida might be limited by a small area of warm water as seen on the Sea Surface TemperaturesMap. There might also be the influence of stronger westerly winds when this storm enters the Gulf of Mexico next week. This has changed the forecast track with a push farther east, away from the early guess of New Orleans, and more likely along Florida’s Gulf Coast. See more images and forecast tracks in the slide show below.
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gains strength over Caribbean waters.
A hurricane watch was also issued for part of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
The warnings were issued for parts of the Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba. A tropical storm warning was also in effect for Grand Cayman Island.
A tentative forecast track from the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami shows the storm could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
Tropical Storm Ida, which was packing winds of 60 mph (95 kmh), was expected to approach the Yucatan Channel on Sunday.
Ida was moving toward the north at about 9 mph (15 kmh). It was centered about 255 miles (410 km) southwest of Cozumel, Mexico.
Hurricane Ida expected to reach Gulf tomorrow,tropical storm warnings in effect for Grand Cayman, Cuba.
Tropical Storm Ida is intensifying and expected to reach hurricane strength tomorrow night – when it also is projected to move into the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm currently is over the northwest Caribbean, about 255 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Mexico’s government has issued a hurricane watch for the Yucatan peninsula. A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Grand Cayman Island. The government of Cuba also has issued a tropical storm warning.
Ida, which is moving north at about 9 mph, is expected to dump about 5 inches of rain over parts of the Yucatan and western Cuba today. The storm may weaken some after it enters the Gulf.
A potential track may bring the storm toward the Sunshine State by the middle of next week, said meteorologists at the hurricane center.
At The end of the 2009 hurricane season is drawing near (officially hurricane season ends November 30th) and the Atlantic has seen very little storm activity. Cancun and the Riviera Maya have been unaffected by serious storms in 2009 and have had a relatively dry season. Of course, one can never count one’s chickens before they hatch, while many in the region had breathed a sigh of relief over the quiet year, we’re in storm watch now as Tropical Depression Ida makes her way across Nicaragua and Honduras, heading north towards the Yucatan Peninsula.
Photo courtesy the National Hurricane Center.
On Thursday November 5th, Ida became a category 1 hurricane as it hit Nicaragua with heavy rains and winds of 75 mph/125 kph, inflicting serious damage on the communities in its path. The storm weakened over land, dropping in status to a tropical storm, then later to a tropical depression. Today Ida is expected to cross Honduras and enter the Caribbean Sea, on a north-northwest path that will likely bring her over the Yucatan Peninsula over the weekend and into Monday. Forecasts give Ida a 49% chance of increasing intensity over the sea before reaching Cancun and the Riviera Maya.
Officials in Quintana Roo have issued low-level alerts to the population, advising people to prepare for heavy rain and winds, but have not issued any serious bulletins for hurricane watches. The Civil Protection agency closely monitors ongoing storms and will raise the alerts if the state is at greater risk from a strengthening Ida. The authorities, businesses and people of Quintana Roo are well prepared to deal with any weather emergency and while it is unlikely, if Ida presents a danger to tourists in the area, necessary steps will be taken to ensure maximum safety.
It does not appear that Ida offers any great threat to the region, though we will certainly see some inclement weather over the weekend. It has been raining in the region for the last few days and that is expected to continue at least through Monday. Of course, storms are predictable only in their unpredictability, many factors can affect the path and intensity of a storm over only a few short hours. There is always the chance that the storm could dissipate or conversely, increase in strength over the Caribbean Sea.
To monitor Ida’s movements, please visit the National Hurricane Center or Stormpulse for the latest news.
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