Hurricane Max Forms Off Southern Mexico’s Pacific Coast; Forecast to Hit Land Courtney Spamer - AccuWeather
go to original September 14, 2017

Hurricane Max hit the southern pacific coast of Mexico near the resort town of Acapulco, as a category 1 storm, on Thursday. (RupleyBREAKING!)

Update: In Mexico, 1 Missing, 200 Homes Damaged After Hurricane Max (The Canadian Press)

On Thursday morning, Max became a hurricane on the southern side of Mexico. This system will continue to track slowly northeastward towards the coast on Thursday, making landfall sometime in the early afternoon.

Once moving inland, Max will weaken very quickly, due to the mountainous terrain. Despite weakening, the tropical moisture will still follow the system, moving into areas from coastal Michoacan to southern Oaxaca.

"Max will bring the biggest threat for flooding across the state of Guerrero, including Acapulco, into Friday morning," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Steve D. Travis.



With days of accumulating rainfall, a total of 25 to 75 mm (1 to 3 inches) is possible in the area. There could be locally higher amounts well over 150 mm (6 inches), especially in the higher terrain farther inland. Rainfall of this magnitude could bring mudslides, warned Travis.

Although less intense rain is expected in these for southern Oaxaca, any longer stretches of rain could hinder any cleanup efforts going on in the region following the 8.1 magnitude earthquake that happened just off shore last week.

Coastal areas, especially east of the center of the storm, will get the strongest wind gusts, as well as the biggest storm surge.

Another area of low pressure, currently just to the west of Max, could again put Mexico on alert for tropical moisture later this week.

"This tropical low could become organized enough to reach tropical storm strength" said Travis. With all the warm water in the area, as well as favorable winds, the storm could even reach hurricane strength.

Read the rest at AccuWeather

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