The hurricane Hilary, who raised her category to 4 in the Pacific of Mexico, continues to advance with the same intensity and continues her journey towards the Baja California peninsula.is estimated to make landfall this weekend and then move to California, according to the National Weather Service.
In the agency’s announcement, Hilary was about 300 miles (495 kilometers) southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Surwhich is one of the most visited tourist destinations in northern Mexico and just over 350 miles (565 kilometers) south of Santa Fe.
The tornado, which emerged Wednesday as a tropical storm, it is heading northwest with a speed of 12 mph (19 kph), sustained winds of 133 mph (215 kph) and gusts to 161 mph (260 kph)he said in the agency.
This natural phenomenon will produce “intense occasional” rains in Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayaritin addition to “very heavy” rains in Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán, according to the forecast.
Likewise, there will be “heavy” rains in Baja California.
In addition, Wind gusts of about 49 to 62 mph (80 to 100 kph) and waves of about 16 to 22 feet high (5 to 7 meters) are estimated on the coasts of Baja California Sur.
Wind gusts of 37 to 49 mph are expected (60 to 80 hph) and waves from 9 to 16 feet high on the coast of Nayarit and Jaliscoas well as wind gusts from 25 to 37 mph (40 to 60 km/h) and waves of 6 to 13 feet high (2 to 4 meters) on the west coast of Baja California and coasts of Sinaloa, Colima and Mochoacán.
Hurricane Hilary could make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday in Baja Californiaaccording to the map projected by the National Weather Service, which on Monday would enter the United States as a tropical storm.
For this reason, The entity recommended “extreme precautions to the general population in the areas of the mentioned states due to rain, wind and waves”.
He added that maintains a prevention zone due to cyclone effects from Punta Abreojos, Baja California Sur, to San Quintín in Baja California and hurricane surveillance zone from San Quintín to Ensenada, Baja California.
In this sense, remains in a prevention zone due to the effects of a tropical storm from the south of Punta Abreojos, Baja California Sur to the north of Guaymas, Sonora and monitoring zone for tropical storm effects from Huatabampito to Guaymas Sonora and north of Ensenada, Baja California, to the border with the United States.
To date, seven named cyclones have formed in the current Pacific hurricane season: Adrian, Beatriz, Calvin, Dora, Eugene, Fernanda, and Greg, none with damage in Mexico.
The Mexican government forecast in May the formation of up to 38 named cyclones in the 2023 season, of which 5 would impact the country.
Of that number, between 16 and 22 systems could occur in the Pacific Ocean, and between 10 and 16 in the Atlantic.
With information from EFE
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