In record time, tropical storm Andrés formed in the Mexican Pacific

The tropical storm Andrés was formed this sunday in the mexican pacific, anticipating the onset of the hurricane season and establishing an early training record in the region, reported the Meteorological Service of Mexico (SMM).

The weather phenomenon started with a low in the early morning and around 5:00 p.m. GMT took the strength to become a tropical storm, but without the potential to become a hurricane, according to forecasts, AFP reported.

The start of the hurricane season in the Pacific, which is set according to statistics, It was scheduled for May 15. Andres “sets a new record for the oldest formation” in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, Mexico’s National Water Commission reported on Twitter.

Tropical storm has formed approximately 665 kilometers southwest of Punta San Telmo, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, and recorded maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (km / h), details the part of the SMM.

Andrés, moving northwest away from the Mexican coast, this will cause occasional rains in much of Mexico. According to forecasts, Monday night the storm will lose its strength and it will become a tropical depression.

Due to its geographical location and its wide coastline in the Pacific and Atlantic, Mexico is one of the most vulnerable countries to undergo the onslaught of weather phenomena.

In 2020, the hurricane season in the Atlantic was the most active of which there are a record 31 storms and hurricanes, some of which have hit the Mexican Caribbean.

Atlantic hurricane season It is scheduled to start on June 1But experts at the University of Colorado predict that you might just go ahead and be more active than usual.

– With information from the Telam agency.