Mexico City, Aug 7 (EFE).- Tropical storm Eugene, the fifth cyclone of the Pacific season, stopped affecting Mexican territory this Monday, although warnings persist for the tourist state of Baja California Sur, reported the National Meteorological Service ( SMN).
“This morning tropical storm Eugene was located 485 kilometers southwest of Punta Eugenia, Baja California Sur. The system has stopped affecting Mexican territory,” the SMN said in its latest notice.
The phenomenon, which emerged on Saturday, moves west-northwest at 33 kilometers per hour with the expectation that it will weaken to a tropical depression on Tuesday, according to the body of the National Water Commission (Conagua).
The cyclone, which did not make landfall, has sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour.
Despite moving away from the country, the SMN called for “extreme precautions in the vicinity of the system due to rain, wind and waves (including maritime navigation), as well as to comply with the recommendations issued by the authorities of the National Civil Protection System.”
Eugene is the fifth named cyclone of the current Pacific hurricane season, where Adrian, Beatriz, Calvin and Dora have emerged this year, none with damage in Mexico.
The Government of Mexico 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.
The SMN has pointed out that in the case of the Pacific “16 to 22 tropical cyclones are expected, including 9 to 11 tropical storms, 4 to 6 category 1 and 2 hurricanes, and 3 to 5 category 3, 4 hurricanes. and 5”. EFE
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