The storm moving through the Pacific Ocean continues to strengthen and already has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, and a 90% chance of evolving within five days.
Through a statement, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) warned that the system is very close to the coast of Guerrero, just 320 kilometers south-southeast of Acapulco. It is moving west-northwest at 16 kilometers per hour, and according to the trajectory forecast of the National Hurricane Center of Miami (NHC, for its acronym in English), it will continue to travel a short distance from the coast of Mexico.
"This storm is expected to be near the southern or southwestern coast of Mexico during the weekend, and stakeholders in those areas should monitor their potential for cyclonic development, as well as the threat of heavy rains and floods," said the NHC.
From the Mexican climate agency, they urged the population of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, and Guerrero to take extreme precautions, since in those states the low-pressure zone will leave heavy and intense rains this Thursday, June 24, with accumulations of up to 150 millimeters . . .
