Hurricane Hilary weakened this Saturday afternoon to category 2 and is expected to make landfall on the Baja California peninsula in the next few hoursto later enter California, United States, reported the National Weather Service (SMN).
In its most recent notice, the SMN reported that Hilary was 210 kilometers west-southwest of Cabo San Lázaro, Baja California Sur, and 455 kilometers south-southeast of Punta Eugenia, in the same state.
The cyclone, which emerged on Wednesday as a tropical storm, is heading north-northwest with a speed of 28 kilometers per hour, sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 215 kilometers per hour, according to the SMN.
According to the agency dependent on the National Water Commission (Conagua), its displacement is expected to gradually accelerate and during the early hours of Sunday, it will impact the national territory for the first time, in the vicinity of Punta Eugenia, Baja California Sur, as well as on Natividad and Cedros Islands.
Likewise, a second impact is expected during the course of Sunday in the municipality of San QuintínLower California.
The meteorological phenomenon will cause “heavy” rains in Baja California, Baja California Sur, the north coast of Sinaloa and the coasts of Sonora, as well as “very heavy” rains in Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nayarit and Zacatecas, according to the forecast for this Saturday. . youThere will also be “strong” rainfall in Chihuahua and Durango.
In addition, gusts of wind of 120 to 150 kilometers per hour and waves of 8 to 10 meters are expected on the west coast of Baja California Sur; gusts of 80 to 100 kilometers per hour and waves of 5 to 7 meters high on the east coast of Baja California Sur, east and west coasts of Baja California and on the coasts of Sinaloa and Sonora.
While gusts of 40 to 60 kilometers per hour with waves of 2 to 4 meters high on the coasts of Jalisco and Nayarit.
A significant storm surge is also forecast to cause flooding along the western portion of the Baja California Peninsula and along the northern Gulf of California coast beginning Sunday through early Monday.
The passage of the meteor has put federal authorities on alert that have established the orange and yellow alert for the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.
In Baja California, they declared a state of pre-alert and temporary shelters have begun to be installed throughout the state to deal with any emergency.
Likewise, the Secretary of the Navy and the Mexican Army reported that on Friday afternoon teams went out to the various risk areas of the state, to implement the Prevention Plan DN-III-E.
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 Government of Mexico predicted 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.
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