Storm Priscilla forms off the west coast of Mexico

Mexico.- Storm Priscilla, the sixteenth cyclone of the season in the Pacific, formed in the last hours off the coasts of the Mexican states of Jalisco, Colima and Michoacan and could become a category 1 hurricane in the coming days, reported this Saturday the National Meteorological Service (SMN). The center of the meteor was located 460 kilometers south-southwest of Manzanillo (Colima), and records sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour (km/h), gusts of 95 km/h and is moving northwest at 11 km/h, and in the next few hours could intensify to a category 1 hurricane. Faced with this, the SMN, in coordination with the United States National Hurricane Center, established a tropical storm watch zone from Punta San Telmo (Michoacán) to Punta Mita (Nayarit) and intense rains are expected (from 75 to 150 millimeters [mm]) in Michoacán (center, south and west) and Guerrero (coast, east and west), and very heavy rains (from 50 to 75 mm) in Jalisco and Colima.

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In addition, wind gusts of 70 to 80 km/h are expected on the coasts of Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán; gusts of 40 to 50 km/h on the coasts of Guerrero, as well as waves of 2.5 to 3.5 meters (m) high on the coasts of Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán, and 1.5 to 2.5 m on the coasts of Guerrero. To date, sixteen storms have formed this year in the Mexican Pacific: Alvin, Barbara, Cosme, Dalila, Erick, Flossie, Gil, Henriette, Ivo, Juliette, Kiko, Lorena, Mario, Narda, Octave, and Priscilla.