Growing Tropical Storm Rachel Forecasted to Spare Baja California Brian Lada - AccuWeather.com
go to original September 27, 2014

Associated Press Update: The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Rachel strengthened into a hurricane late Saturday, but weakening was likely to begin Sunday and the storm was likely to have little forward movement into Monday.

Tropical Storm Rachel is slowly gaining strength off the west coast of Mexico and will slowly near Baja California over the next several days.

Even though Rachel will track closer to the Mexican state over the coming days, it is forecast to stay well out to sea, having minimal impacts to land.

This is good news for those still cleaning up from the devastating Hurricane Odile after it made landfall directly over the southern tip of Baja California earlier in the month.

Although the center of Rachel and its associated rainfall will stay over the open waters of the Pacific, the western coast of Baja California Sur should still expect some impacts in the form of rough seas.

Residents and vacationers heading to the ocean along the west coast of the state should expect larger waves and a heightened risk of rip currents.

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