Meteorologists are presently carefully watching Hurricane Beatriz as it makes its way along the coastline of Mexico, near Lazaro Cardenas, about 70 miles southeast of Manzanillo.
An advisory notice issued by the NHC detailed parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast including areas from Zihuatanejo to Cabo Corrientes were being placed under a hurricane warning alert, as a hurricane watch was issued for north of Cabo Corrientes to Punta Mita.
At present, Hurricane Beatriz is trailing Hurricane Adrian, the region’s first cyclone to form this year and which has continued to move westward away from Mexico on Friday.
Labeled a Category 1 storm, Hurricane Beatriz is churning through southwestern Mexico with sustained winds measured at about 85 mile per hour (MPH) and a pressure of 992 millibars. It's currently making its way northwest at a speed of 13 MPH, according to the latest notice issued by the NHC.
Beatriz is expected to gain strength as its center moves near or over parts of southwestern Mexico on Saturday, but will lose speed as it tracks north, before slowing down on Monday as it turns away from the west-central coast of Mexico near Los Cabos.
Hurricane Beatriz carries with it a risk of flash flooding and landslides in areas with high terrain, as heavy rain is expected inland over southwest Mexico before the center of the hurricane eventually passes.
Beatriz-induced rainfall is expected to range from 3 to 5 inches, with a maximum isolated amount of 8 inches. The heavy rains are expected to fall across portions of southern and western Mexico from Guerrero northwest to Sinaloa and Durango.
“Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions” could also be forecasted to spread northward along the southwestern coast of Mexico, the agency warned in its bulletin.