Mexico predicted on Tuesday the formation of a tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean for the early hours of Wednesdayreported the National Meteorological Service (SMN).
The formation will be the third of the 2023 season in the Pacific and its circulation reinforces the probability of rain in western and southern Mexico.
It is forecast that tropical depression Three-E could evolve into a tropical storm during the course of the day (Wednesday) with the name of Calvin, in addition to which it will begin to gradually move away from Mexican territory and will stop affecting the country,” he said in a statement. the SMN.
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In the report, the SMN noted that tropical depression Tres-E formed on Tuesday afternoon “off the coast of Jalisco” and warned that it would cause “intense rains (from 75 to 150 millimeters (mm)) in the coming hours in Guerrero and Jalisco; very strong (from 50 to 75 mm) in Michoacán and Nayarit”.
Given those conditions, The SMN called for “extreme precautions for the general population in the areas of the states mentioned due to rain and windand attend to the recommendations issued by the authorities of the National Civil Protection System, in each state”.
In its most recent report, the Meteorological Office of Mexico specified that the system was located approximately 820 kilometers (km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima.
In addition, it circulates with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (km/h), gusts of 75 km/h and displacement towards the west-northwest at 33 km/h.
According to forecasts, in the early hours of Wednesday the formation will intensify to a tropical storm when it is located 925 km southwest of Playa PerulaJalisco, while by noon on Wednesday it will be 1,125 km from the same point.
Calvin will come after Adrian and Beatriz, which intensified to a Category 2 and Category 1 hurricane, respectively.
The Government of Mexico forecast in May the formation of up to 38 named cyclones in the 2023 season, of which 5 would impact the country.
Of that number, between 16 and 22 systems could occur in the Pacific Ocean and between 10 and 16 in the Atlantic.
The SMN pointed out that in the case of the Pacific, 16 to 22 tropical cyclones are expected, including 9 to 11 tropical storms, 4 to 6 category 1 and 2 hurricanes, and 3 to 5 category 3, 4 and 5 hurricanes. .
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