The current water temperature at Cabo (which is currently 360 miles N of Hilary) is 30C/88F. In San Diego, it is 20C/68F. The reason CA does not experience hurricanes/tropical storms is because the water is terribly cold here all year round and warm water is one of the main requirements for a hurricane (water temp must be over 26C/79F for a hurricane to even form). This storm will be a headache in the desert and burn areas, but it will definitely not be anything even remotely resembling a hurricane after it passes the Baja coast.

I look forward to some rain, but I have learned in my 20 years here to never get your hopes up for a storm, as they all seem to bypass my area completely regardless of what the forecasts predict. This storm still has a long way to go.