This NOAA satellite image taken June 13, 2015 shows the Pacific Ocean, West Coast of the USA and parts of Mexico.(Photo: AP)
Mexican authorities issued a warning Saturday for Hurricane Carlos, moving slowly off Acapulco, which is expected to hit the country's southwestern coast by late Monday.
Winds, now clocked at a sustained 85 miles per hour with some gusts even higher, are expected to strengthen over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center
said in an advisory.
Carlos is expected to dump two to four inches of rain in Mexican coastal areas through Tuesday. Some places may get as much as six inches of rain, forecasters say. The hurricane will be accompanied by high surf.
By Saturday evening, the hurricane was about 105 miles south of Acapulco,. It was moving north at about 2 mph. Its projected path is expected to give it a more northwesterly direction early Sunday, then it will take a slight jog to the west.
Hurricane-force winds extend up to 30 miles outward from the hurricane's eye. Tropical storm-force winds extended 90 miles out.
Carlos is the third hurricane of the 2015 Pacific season.
Contributing: Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Carlos formed Saturday over the Pacific Ocean south of Acapulco, Mexico, prompting a hurricane watch to be issued for a swath of that country's southwest coastline, U.S.-based forecasters said.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Carlos' eye was centered at 11 a.m. EDT Saturday about 140 miles (225 kilometers) south of the tourist resort of Acapulco and that the storm had top sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). Forecasters said Carlos, a tropical storm only hours earlier, had gained strength overnight and was moving toward the northwest at 2 mph (4 kph).
Mexico's government has issued a hurricane watch from Lazaro Cardenas to Punta San Telma along Mexico's southwest mainland coast, meaning hurricane conditions were possible within that area within 48 hours. A tropical storm warning also was in effect from Tecpan de Galeana to Lazaro Cardenas, while a tropical storm watch was in effect for areas east of Tecpan de Galeana to Acapulco.
Carlos is the third hurricane of the 2015 eastern Pacific season, and forecasters said hurricane-force winds extend outward from the eye about 25 miles (35 kilometers). The center also cautioned that ocean swells kicked up by Carlos will reach the coast in the warning and watch areas over the next days and could produce life-threatening surf and rip currents.
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