Tropical Threat to Unleash Flooding Rain on Mexico’s Pacific Coast This Week Eric Leister - AccuWeather
go to original August 29, 2017

Update: Mexico Expands Watches and Warnings for Potential Tropical Cyclone (Vallarta Daily)

A large area of showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure off the coast of western Mexico will heighten the risk for flooding and mudslides this week.

This area of low pressure is expected to become better organized as it tracks northwest parallel to the Mexico coastline this week and may become a tropical storm as early as Wednesday.

The potential tropical storm will remain offshore through Wednesday but could approach the southern tip of Baja California Sur on Thursday and Friday.

Despite remaining offshore, flooding downpours will stream into the Mexico coastline throughout the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco through Wednesday.

Downpours will expand into Nayarit Wednesday afternoon and southern Sinaloa Wednesday night then reach central Sinaloa and Baja California Sur on Thursday.

At this point, the strengthening tropical system could be a strong tropical storm or perhaps a hurricane as it brings threats ranging from flash flooding to mudslides and damaging winds to Baja California Sur.

Rounds of downpours and strong winds will lash areas from Nayarit and Sinaloa through Baja California Sur from Friday through Sunday.

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