At 400 AM CDT (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Enrique was located off the coast of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Enrique is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h). A west-northwestward to northwestward motion with some decrease in forwarding speed is expected through Sunday. On the forecast track, the center of Enrique will move parallel to, and offshore of, the southwestern coast of Mexico.
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Enrique is expected to become a hurricane during the weekend.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) mainly to the southeast of the center.
UPDATE: MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR CABO CORRIENTES
The outer bands of Enrique are likely to cause locally heavy rains over portions of southwestern Mexico. These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.
This year, the hurricane season in the Pacific began . . .
