Hurricane Priscilla causes heavy rain, strong winds, and high waves in the Mexican Pacific

Mexico.- Hurricane Priscilla, category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, will bring heavy rains, strong winds and high waves as it passes through the Mexican Pacific, on the eve of its increase to category 3, reported this Tuesday the National Meteorological Service (SMN). In its most recent statement, the agency pointed out that due to the cloud detachments of Priscilla, intense rains (75 to 150 millimeters [mm]) are forecast in the south of Baja California Sur, the center and south of Sinaloa, and the north and center of Nayarit. In Jalisco and Colima, winds of 60 to 70 kilometers per hour (km/h) will be recorded with gusts of 80 to 100 km/h in the south of Baja California Sur; from 30 to 40 km/h with gusts of 50 to 70 km/h on the coasts of Sinaloa, Nayarit and Jalisco, as well as from 10 to 25 km/h with gusts of 30 to 50 km/h on the coasts of Colima. He also specified that at 3:00 PM local time, the center of the hurricane was located approximately 345 kilometers (km) south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, and 535 km west of Cabo Corrientes in the state of Jalisco.

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The phenomenon records sustained maximum winds of 175 kilometers per hour (km/h), gusts of 215 km/h and movement towards the west-northwest at 15 km/h.

"Wave swells of 5.5 to 6.5 meters (m) in height are expected on the southern coast of Baja California Sur; 3 to 4 m on the coasts of Sinaloa, Nayarit and Jalisco, and 2 to 3 m on the coast of Colima," the document detailed.

In addition, a tropical storm watch remains in effect from Cabo San Lucas to Cabo San Lázaro, in Baja California Sur. And he pointed out that the aforementioned rainfall could be with electrical discharges and generate waterlogging, landslides and floods in low-lying areas of the mentioned states. Like the National Weather Service (SMN), the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported this Tuesday that Hurricane Priscilla will intensify to category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and will move parallel to the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur (northwest).