- Tropical Storm Beatriz will scrape along Mexico’s Pacific coast.
- It will produce strong winds and heavy rain along the Mexican coast.
- Adrian also formed off of Mexico’s Pacific coast on Wednesday and is no threat to land.
Beatriz is scraping along the Pacific shore of Mexico before possibly flirting with Los Cabos on Monday.
The Eastern Pacific hurricane season finally turned active this week after sitting dormant the first five weeks of the season with the formation of the basin’s first hurricane (Adrian) and another tropical storm (Beatriz) developing in its wake.
Beatriz, A Flood and Strong Wind Threat to Mexico
Beatriz is expected to bring gusty winds to the Mexican coast through midday Saturday, particularly around Puerto Vallarta. The system is increasingly ragged and could just be a rainmaker soon.
Beatriz will track into the Gulf of California through the weekend. By Monday, Breatriz could be near Los Cabos as a weakening system.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Bahia de Banderas, the bay at which Puerto Vallarta sits upon. Tropical storm conditions are expected there, but conditions will improve as the day goes on.
Bands of heavy rain are expected to stream inland over southwest Mexico both before and after the center of Beatriz passes. This could lead to flash flooding and landslides in areas of higher terrain.
Beatriz formed off the south-central coast of Mexico Thursday and has since become a hurricane.
Adrian Expected to Weaken In The Chilly Pacific
Hurricane Adrian became the first hurricane of the 2023 Eastern Pacific season off the coast of Mexico on Wednesday, but is no threat to land. Adrian will weaken over the coming days in cooler water.
Adrian rapidly intensified from what still wasn’t yet officially a tropical depression Tuesday morning to a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday morning as it was over 300 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.
Since tropical cyclones are referred to as hurricanes in the Western Hemisphere, Adrian also became the first hurricane of 2023. The Atlantic Basin has had four storms so far, none of which strengthened to a hurricane.
This is a late start to the hurricane season for the Eastern Pacific, which by the calendar definition begins on May 15. The first named storm in that basin typically occurs around June 10 and the second storm follows by June 24, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Only one other year since 1970 has waited longer for the Eastern Pacific’s first storm of the season, according to Colorado State University tropical scientist Phil Klotzbach. That was in 2016, when “Agatha” didn’t arrive until July 2.
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