From Journey North on Facebook:
Many people are worried about the effect of Hurricane Patricia on the monarch migration.
We don’t have any information at this time but we are in touch with people who will share what they know. We’ll be sure to include any news in next week’s monarch migration update.
The landfall for Hurricane Patricia is west of the monarch overwintering region; its path is predicted to stay to west and north of the region. By Sunday, the downgraded storm may reach the monarch migration pathway near Monterrey but presumably the winds will not be too strong by then.
I added the overwintering region and migration pathway on the Accuweather map below in orange. Let’s hope people and butterflies are going to be fine!
