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MEXICO (CITY) – Hurricane Willa, newly formed, quickly grew in strength and turned into a Category 3 storm off the Mexican Pacific coast on Sunday, and forecasters said that it was a storm. it would likely reach Category 4 status before hitting the ground by mid-week.
A hurricane watch was set up on a beach located between San Blas and Mazatlan, while a tropical storm warning was in effect between Playa Perula and San Blas. Hurricane force winds extended to 25 miles from the core of the storm and the storm force winds of tropical storms blew up to 80 miles.
Willa was about 400 km south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes in the middle of the afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km / h). It was moving north-northwest at 6 mph (9 km / h), but a northward turn was likely during the night or Monday.
The US National Hurricane Center said Willa is expected to become a category 4 hurricane on Monday morning and move closer to the coast on Tuesday night. He said the storm could produce a dangerous storm surge, while pouring 12 to 25 centimeters of rain into parts of western Jalisco, western Nayarit and southern Sinaloa, with smaller amounts falling inland.
Meanwhile, the weakening of tropical storm Vicente seemed to pose a less powerful threat further south. According to forecasters, the tropical depression is expected to weaken overnight, while remaining off or near the south coast of Mexico's Pacific coast until Tuesday morning.
Its core was about 230 miles (370 kilometers) southeast of Acapulco with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km / h). The hurricane center said it could produce 3 to 6 inches (7.5 to 15 centimeters) of rain in parts of the states of Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco.
