An elongated area of low pressure centered a few hundred miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico, is producing widespread showers and thunderstorms.

This system is expected to become a tropical cyclone on Wednesday or Thursday while it moves generally northward
or northwestward near the coast of southwestern Mexico and Baja California Sur.

Residents along the coasts of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit and Baja California Sur should monitor the progress of this system, and tropical storm watches or warnings could be required for a portion of those areas later today. Read Full Story