Tropical Storm Bud Approaching Pacific Coast MSNBC.com
go to original May 22, 2012

East Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook (NOAA/National Hurricane Center)

NHC update 2 AM PDT 05/23: Bud is expected to turn north and then to the northeast toward the coast in the next day or two. Some strengthening is forecast over the next 48 hours though the storm is not expected to near hurricane strength nor come ashore as was forecast earlier.

Tropical Storm Bud has formed off Mexico's Pacific Coast and could become a hurricane by Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported Tuesday.

The second named storm of the eastern Pacific season, Bud had sustained winds of 40 mph and was 455 miles south-southwest of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

"Bud could become a hurricane by Thursday," the center said in its 2 p.m. advisory.

If Bud continues heading northwest it could run into Mexico's Pacific coastline.

In the Atlantic, meanwhile, what had been Tropical Storm Alberto dissipated off the East Coast and was no longer a threat. Alberto was the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

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